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Trump’s Monetary Conundrum
Nouriel Roubini says the president-elect should favor a dovish Fed if he wants his fiscal policies to work.
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Economics
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What Is the Pound Telling Us?
Jim O'Neill says sterling will likely continue its post-Brexit decline, and policymakers should take note.
An Economic Ultimatum for the Arab World
Marwan Muasher says that unless Arab countries move away from rentierism, they risk another wave of uprisings.
World Affairs
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Uniting for an Asian Century
Lee Jong-Wha advocates regional integration as the surest route to peace and prosperity in an unstable world.
Donald Trump’s Choices in the Middle East
Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the challenges facing a US president-elect who is uniquely unqualified to address them.
What Trump’s Win Means for Eastern Europe
Sławomir Sierakowski worries that the last line of defense against Russian influence in the region is about to disappear.
Business & Finance
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Sanctions and the Risk to the Dollar
Christopher Smart cautions the US against abusing its outsize influence in the global financial system.
Globalization’s Last Gasp
Barry Eichengreen says that trade is slowing because economies are slowing, not the other way around.
The Secret of Dubai’s Success
Yasser Al-Saleh explains how a city-state with limited resources became a global economic and cultural hub.
Politics
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Donald Trump and the Sense of Power
Robert J. Shiller does not see how the US president-elect can give his working-class voters what they most want.
Europe Against the Ropes
Ana Palacio applies the late Václav Havel's values and perspective to the EU's current predicament.
The Myth of the Women’s Vote
Heather Hurlburt shows that race and education levels were more decisive factors than gender in the 2016 election.
Global Health & Development
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The Many Faces of Malnutrition
Adebimpe Adebiyi urges governments in West Africa to take decisive action to tackle undernutrition and obesity.
Antibiotics That Work
Carlos F. Amábile-Cuevas advocates a global ratings system for drug companies as a way to curb antimicrobial resistance.
The Developing World’s Health Innovators
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti highlights the potential of poor-country researchers to develop low-cost therapies.
Innovation & Technology
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The New Brain Drain in Science
Sami Mahroum laments the hegemony of empiricism at the expense of all other research approaches today.
Privacy for Refugees
Inga Kroener calls for privacy-impact assessments to ensure that sensitive personal data are protected.
Gene Editing and Seed Stealing
Chee Yoke Ling & Edward Hammond warn of the dangers of Internet-facilitated exchanges of biodiversity.
Education
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Education Innovation in the Middle East
Gordon Brown emphasizes the opportunities for social enterprise to reinvent classrooms and curricula regionwide.
Education Needs Social Enterprise
Gordon Brown calls for more entrepreneurship to bring schools and pedagogy into the twenty-first century.
The Skills Delusion
Adair Turner rebuts the conventional belief that more education will boost productivity and reduce inequality.
Sustainability & Environment
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Mother Nature vs. Climate Change
Martha Rojas-Urrego & Patricia Espinosa say countries must conserve and expand natural ecosystems as part of their carbon-reduction efforts.
Financing the Climate-Change Transition
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , ET AL explain the role that finance must play in moving the world toward a global clean-energy economy.
Radical Realism About Climate Change
Lili Fuhr warns against politically expedient but potentially damaging quick fixes to global warming.
Culture & Society
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Donald Trump’s Brave New World
Nina L. Khrushcheva traces the course of US voters' declining capacity to decipher lived reality from the virtual kind.
The Case for Legalizing Sex Work
Peter Singer argues that repealing laws criminalizing the industry would reduce harm and boost public welfare.
Populism for the Rich
Ian Buruma discerns in populism an amalgam of mass economic anxiety and the social rage of elite arrivistes.
