List of Economics articles
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Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall) of the U.S. Financial Empire
The dollar is dead. Long live the dollar.
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africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp How to Restore U.S. Credibility in Africa
By standing up for democracy and free trade, the United States can outflank China and Russia, its authoritarian rivals on the continent.
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A pedestrian walks past a “Welcome to Little Britain” poster in Manchester on Jan. 5. We’re All Brexiteers Now
A look at Swiss politics shows that Euroskepticism is in the United Kingdom to stay.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Trump’s Inexplicable Crusade to Help Iran Evade Sanctions
The U.S. president never could grasp that shielding Turkey’s Halkbank for Erdogan would make Iranian sanctions evasion easier.
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a memorandum reinstating sanctions on Iran after the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at the White House in Washington on May 8, 2018. Why Biden’s Plan to Rejoin the Iran Deal Makes No Sense
This week’s escalation of tensions by Tehran looks like blackmail to force Biden to abandon sanctions—and give up leverage over the regime.
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A dog sits in the window of a local convenience store in Beijing on Dec. 16. The Pandemic Remade the Chinese Economy
Other countries should prepare now for their own reformations.
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Employees on their lunch break at the Dongfeng Honda factory in Wuhan, China, on March 23. Has China Decided That ‘Moderately Prosperous’ Is Good Enough?
As China’s growth model sputters and Xi Jinping prioritizes repression over reform, China looks unlikely to join the ranks of developed countries.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 21. China Is an Economic Bully—and Weaker Than It Looks
The world doesn’t have to put up with Beijing’s attempts at economic coercion.
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coronavirus-vaccine-predictions-2021-foreign-policy-global-thinkers-brian-stauffer-illustration The World After the Coronavirus
We asked 12 leading thinkers to predict what happens in 2021 and beyond.
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A face mask is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on May 26, 2020. 2021 Outlook: A Quick Recovery but a Slew of New Economic Problems
As COVID-19 is conquered, the global economy will spring back swiftly. But the old problems that fed populist politics have only grown worse—and may be even harder to solve.
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Sailors standing on the deck of a warship at a parade during the Turkish International Ceremony at Mehmetcik Abidesi Martyrs Memorial near Seddulbahir Turkey on April 24, 2015. Turkey’s Year of Living Dangerously
Turkey took its expansionist vision to new heights in 2020—but with a battered economy, growing opposition, and now U.S. sanctions, it’s not clear how long that can continue.
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U.S. President Donald Trump Iran: Maximum Pressure, Minimum Gain
In 2020, the Trump administration sought to bury the Iran nuclear deal for good. Biden is poised to breathe new life into the pact.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 19. Why Biden Needs to Confront Corruption
If the U.S. president-elect is serious about restoring the rule of law and democracy, he needs to first tackle the global menace of graft.
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A woman walks past a mural of iron ore miners in Algrange, France, on Feb. 14, 2017. How to (Finally) Defeat Populism
Rust Belts exist around the world, and integrating them into the larger trans-Atlantic community is key to political stability.
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A handout picture provided by the Iranian Army's official website on Sept. 11, 2020, shows an Iranian Ghader missile being fired during a military exercise near the strategic strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. How Biden Can Stop Iran’s Conservatives From Undermining the Nuclear Deal
Insisting that Iran must abandon its missile program could fall into the hardliners’ trap and make a new agreement impossible.
