Françoise Gilles is AXA Group Chief Risk Officer.

Nina L. Khrushcheva considers what a new history of the late Soviet Union says about Russia under Vladimir Putin.

Barry Eichengreen compares the US currency's global trajectory to that of the Roman denarius under Emperor Nero.

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The US-Israeli war will be remembered as yet another episode of powerful countries falling into the trap of asymmetric ...

Timothy Snyder worries that the US president could exploit a terrorist act, or engineer one, to rig the midterm elections.

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Kaushik Basu thinks existing measures of institutional health overlook how interconnected political systems have become.

Ian Bremmer notes that the country is faring better than most from the economic shock emanating from the Gulf.

Attiya Waris sees the 17th General Review of Quotas as a test of whether the multilateral lender can transform itself.

Whereas US power in the 20th century rested heavily on manufacturing scale, military reach, and dollar strength, in the 21st century it may rest increasingly on ownership of indispensable AI ...