By Iryna Volnytska July 16, 2026 The halls of academia, once considered the inviolable bastions of intellectual authority, are currently reverberating with the sound of a closing trap. Much like the French aristocracy on the eve of the 1789 Revolution, who viewed their titles as divinely ordained and immutable, today’s…
For over half a century, the blueprint for economic development was clear: transition labor from subsistence agriculture to manufacturing, harness economies of scale, and climb the global value chain through exports. From the seminal works of W. Arthur Lewis and Raúl Prebisch to the structuralist models of Nicholas Kaldor, the…
By Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan July 16, 2026 The global financial architecture, long anchored by the hegemony of the United States dollar, is undergoing a profound structural metamorphosis. As geopolitical tensions rise and the specter of "de-globalization" shifts from theoretical discourse to tangible policy, policymakers and market participants alike have begun to…
By Harold James July 17, 2026 The history of modern democracy is often written as a steady progression toward stability, yet the lived experience of voters suggests a more cyclical, turbulent reality. Nowhere is this more apparent than in France, a nation that has spent the last two centuries swinging…
By Josep Borrell July 17, 2026 The International Criminal Court (ICC) stands at a precarious precipice. For decades, the institution has served as the final bastion of accountability for the world’s most heinous crimes—genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Yet, today, the Court finds itself under a coordinated, multi-front…
By Carl Bildt July 17, 2026 In the corridors of the Kremlin, the atmosphere is one of stifled anxiety masked by performative defiance. For Vladimir Putin, the war in Ukraine has transitioned from a projected three-day "special military operation" into a grinding, multi-year quagmire that has fundamentally altered the geopolitical…
By Kai Guo | July 17, 2026 For decades, the prevailing consensus in Western economic circles regarding China’s industrial rise was defined by a singular, persistent variable: the state subsidy. From the solar boom of the mid-2000s to the rapid proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) in the 2020s, the narrative…
