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  1. cferguson5_Scott PetersonGetty Images_ukrainedrone Scott Peterson/Getty Images

    The Age of AI Drone Warfare Is Coming

    Charles Ferguson draws lessons from Ukraine's recent strikes deep within Russia and advances that could make them the norm.
  2. araral3_JENS SCHLUETERAFP via Getty Images_chipproduction Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images

    Will Trump’s Tariffs Destroy Global Value Chains?

    Eduardo Araral sees a new, more politically-conscious model of globalization emerging in the semiconductor industry.
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    How Companies Should – and Should Not – Deploy AI

    Vinciane Beauchene & Allison Bailey warn that a focus on marginal productivity gains can distract from larger opportunities.
  4. qxu4_Song WeixingVCGGettyImages_deepseek_powered_robot ong Weixing/VCG/Getty Images

    Will Trump Tip the AI Race in China’s Favor?

    Qiyuan Xu & Wang Yaqiang explain why the US president’s MAGA agenda may end up helping to make China great again.
  5. mazzucato82_Thierry MonasseGetty Images_draghi Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

    The EU’s Draghi Agenda Isn’t Ambitious Enough

    Mariana Mazzucato & Bengt-Åke Lundvall explain what it will take for Europe to boost productivity and develop its own digital sector.
  6. kirchschlager4_OLIVIER DOULIERYAFP via Getty Images_chatbot Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

    How Many Children Must AI Kill?

    Peter G. Kirchschläger calls for regulations to protect young people from a new, powerful form of algorithmic manipulation.
  7. buchholz24_AnadoluGettyImages_us_navy_south_china_sea_exercise Anadolu/Getty Images

    America’s Hard Power Must Get Harder

    Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin warn that decades-old defense systems would not be fit for purpose in a future war with China.
  8. roubini194_Justin SullivanGetty Images_nvidiaUSAI Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    America’s Economic Tailwinds Will Override Trump and His Tariffs

    Nouriel Roubini thinks the US economy is positioned to outperform over the medium term, despite destructive policymaking.
  9. coyle44_Sameer Al-DoumyGettyImages_france_ai_minister_data_center Sameer Al-Doumy/Getty Images

    Europe Needs Its Own AI Infrastructure

    Diane Coyle highlights the growing importance of digital sovereignty amid escalating geopolitical tensions.

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  1. patten175_Gary HershornGettyImages_statue_of_liberty Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

    The Twilight of US Global Influence

    While US President Donald Trump focuses on elevating and enriching himself, he is also actively dismantling the underpinnings of American power. This might be lost on his supporters – at least for now – but it is abundantly obvious to the rest of the world, especially America’s enemies.

  2. otorbaev16_Uzbek Prime MinistryAnadoluGettyImages_central_asia_summit Uzbek Prime Ministry/Anadolu/Getty Images

    Central Asia’s New Playbook

    Djoomart Otorbaev & Brian Wong tout the region’s progress in bolstering its economies, stabilizing its politics, and deepening integration.
  3. khor7_Faris HadziqSOPA ImagesLightRocket via Getty Images_asean2025 Faris Hadziq/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

    ASEAN+3 in a Fragmenting World

    Hoe Ee Khor & Jae Young Lee urge the region to lead by example, by maintaining its commitment to open markets and rules-based governance.
  4. benami226_Viktor KovalchukGlobal Images UkraineGettyImages_coalition_of_the_willing_ukraine Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images

    Europe’s Hard Road to Strategic Sovereignty

    Shlomo Ben-Ami poses some of the questions the EU will have to address in devising a credible defense strategy.
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    Can the Conference on Financing for Development Succeed?

    Jayati Ghosh thinks that countries can lay the groundwork for an overhaul of the international financial architecture.
  6. khrushcheva193_Kevin DietschGettyImages_musk_trump_feud Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

    Lonely Authoritarians

    Nina L. Khrushcheva

    The feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk might be shocking, but it should not be surprising. While the scale of the spectacle stands out – a function of Musk’s tremendous influence and apparent lack of restraint – authoritarians almost always make it lonely at the top.

    sees plenty of precedent for Donald Trump’s public falling-out with Elon Musk and wonders who will be next.
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    The Mirage of Geoeconomics

    Daniel Gros

    Thirty-five years after the military strategist Edward N. Luttwak coined the term “geoeconomics,” the concept is gaining new resonance. But the use of economic tools, from tariffs to export licensing, to advance geopolitical goals is likely to prove ineffective – or even counterproductive.

    highlights fundamental flaws in efforts to use trade policy for geopolitical ends.
  8. muggah13_ALAN CHAVESAFP via Getty Images_brazilillegalmining Alan Chaves/AFP via Getty Images

    Green Crime Goes Global

    Robert Muggah & Ilona Szabó highlights the alarming scale of the problem and describes the coordinated global response it demands.
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    The Costs of Victimomics

    Raghuram G. Rajan explains why policies designed to appeal to a sense of maltreatment almost always backfire.

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