The Bomb Was Horrifying. The Alternatives Would Have Been Worse.
Historical records show that dropping atomic bombs was the least bad option.
India now has the world’s largest population—and is trying to find ways not to.
France’s pension reforms, Italy’s elder care robots, and Arkansas’s child labor all have one thing in common: a fear of immigration.
It’s time for Beijing to reexamine its long-standing sense of purpose.
African leaders must be more imaginative and proactive in pooling their efforts and setting the agenda.
Skills training programs must target those under age 18 to reduce adolescent birth rates and unemployment.
Middle-class people, it turns out, have limited patience for things like intrusive social monitoring and censorship of personal expression.
They’re shaking up the aging clerical establishment to a degree not seen since the 1979 revolution.
Why Washington should focus on recruiting the best talent from around the world.
But if U.S. democracy continues to decay, what’s the point of being on top?
Asia gets the attention, but the real economic revolution is the inevitable growth of an overlooked continent.
Racism is keeping rich societies from benefitting from increased migration.
Other majority-minority societies offer positive examples—and cautionary tales.
The 1990s collapse in birth rates still impacts Moscow’s ambitions.
An FP essay provoked a strong response because it brought international attention to a controversial issue that has historically only been debated internally.
Washington could lose its unique talent advantages unless it pushes reform.
The one-child policy left a permanent impression on family life and depresses fertility rates even today.
As the government pushes productivity, young Chinese are embracing cynicism.
Governments and donors must stop focusing solely on skills development and entrepreneurship—or risk more youth migration, unrest, and terrorism.
The city-state’s ban on the procedure is making its demographic problems worse.