Simon Johnson shows why the Trump administration's no-holds-barred campaign for lower interest rates is likely to backfire.

.@LucreziaReichli (@LSEnews) highlights a key shortcoming in the @ecb's strategy for strengthening Europe's "strategic autonomy" in payments.

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Mats Marcusson and Ilona Sologoub explain how the Kremlin is using talk about talks to advance its objectives on the battlefield.

The "deindustrialization" narrative has fueled US debates about industrial policy, economic nationalism, and the reshoring of manufacturing production, note @JorgeArbache and @ocanuto. But what if it is only partly true?

Turkey was conspicuously excluded from the Washington summit on Ukraine and received no briefing from @realDonaldTrump, either before or after. This reflects a profound strategic miscalculation, says former Turkish Prime Minister @Ahmet_Davutoglu.

For all the administration’s efforts to confront the deep state, some MAGA enthusiasts are already complaining that it is making compromises with establishment elites. They are not wrong, notes Harold James.

The widening gap between rich and poor under @realDonaldTrump could further erode US democracy unless @TheDemocrats respond with a new policy agenda, argues @UChicago’s Susan Stokes.

In this era of international disorder, the Global South and philanthropic organizations must take a pragmatic approach to protecting development gains and pursuing climate action, write @AfricanclimateF’s Saliem Fakir and @Prabhat1up.

Employee-owned companies often experience higher employee engagement, lower turnover, and improved productivity and financial performance, particularly in economic downturns, @OpenSociety's @GeorgiaKeohane explains.

Western leaders cannot stand by as Gaza is devastated. Supporting @netanyahu’s government means enabling a rogue regime that resembles Putin’s Russia more than any functioning democracy, write @eranyashiv and @TelAvivUni’s Daniel Tsiddon.

Ukraine’s top drone units operate like high-performance tech startups, each with its own recruitment, training, funding, and team culture, @ragnars explains.

Lucrezia Reichlin highlights a key shortcoming in the European Union's strategy for strengthening its autonomy in payments.

Zaki Laïdi urges the bloc to come up with a Russia strategy that does not depend on Donald Trump's whims.

Waning confidence in the dollar’s credibility as a reserve currency is likely to trigger widespread financial panic, argues @glob_solutions’ @DJSnower.

By measuring only what is produced domestically, economic commentators and politicians have vastly underestimated the true scale of US-controlled manufacturing, @JorgeArbache and @ocanuto observe.

Jorge Arbache & Otaviano Canuto show that the United States has not lost manufacturing capacity, but rather internationalized it.

By damaging the reliability of American statistics, @realDonaldTrump is limiting his own administration’s ability to craft effective policies and demonstrate their success, writes @Cambridge_Uni’s @DianeCoyle1859.

Some 72% of respondents in a recent survey say that a household must earn $4,000-7,000 per month to be able to afford one child in China, notes Nancy Qian. Yet median per capita disposable income amounts to only about $400 per month.

Susan Stokes considers the implications of Donald Trump’s policy agenda, which is heavily skewed in favor of the rich.

History shows that no genocide has ever been stopped by appealing to the perpetrators’ reason. Only an arms embargo and economic sanctions can force Israel to change its behavior, argues @JMU’s Manal A. Jamal.