Global public debt has reached unprecedented levels and is projected to exceed 100% of global GDP by 2030, with rising interest rates and shrinking fiscal space compounding the risks. Yet the greater ...

Some of us old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 have maintained a sense of how fragile our enjoyment of the post World War II consumer society might be. In relation to the chaos ...

Central and Eastern European democracies may be the first testing ground, but they are not the only one. The ability of Romania and Poland to resist both external manipulation and internal breakdown ...

At the same time, EU foreign policy must support governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region that seek to fight radicalization. European leaders should fund programs that promote ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” We should think of LLMs, just as we think of some intelligent people we know, as “unconsciously creative.” Though ...

Embedding an ideologically driven, Iran-aligned force into the very architecture of Iraq’s security sector risks transforming the republic into a garrison state, where military loyalty is no longer to ...

A worthwhile summit Unlike the world leaders, my sister and I did not helicopter into Kananaskis with an entourage and media coverage; we drove ourselves and entered the area discreetly through a side ...

In his book Falling Over Backwards, veteran journalist Arun Shourie wrote, “If individuals and groups get rewards on the basis of their being different from the rest, leaders will foment a politics ...

US President Donald Trump has signed as many as 26 executive orders on the first day of his second term. This new record has resulted in unrest among the Indians who are questioning the achievements ...

In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, Indonesia’s digital public sphere has been swamped by the spread of viral pro-China disinformation. From tales of a prophet’s tomb ...

In “Outside the Box,” we engage AI in what actually can take place like a conversation with an intelligent friend. We share ideas and challenge the standard explanations. AI is constantly evolving.

On March 1, the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) announced a ceasefire and laid down arms against the Turkish government. Given the long history of broken ceasefires and failed peace talks, this ...