Companies today face an existential choice. Either they wholeheartedly embrace “stakeholder capitalism” and subscribe to the responsibilities that come with it, by actively taking steps to meet…

When Iraqi lawmakers voted to expelU.S.forces from the country earlier this month, the Trump administration’s response was swift and forceful: it refused to withdraw and, for good measure, threatened…

In less than a fortnight from now, the UK is too officially leave the European Union. While the future of the UK-EU trading partnership will still be further discussed during the transition period,…

This week the world’s richest and most powerful people, including 119 billionaires with a collective worth of $500 billion, ascended to the small Swiss Alps town of Davos in a stream of private…

Capitalism is in crisis. Until recently, that conviction was confined to the left. Today, however, it has gained traction across the political spectrum in advanced economies. Economists, policymakers…

The verdict is in onU.S.PresidentDonald Trump’strade war withChina. Regardless of whetherU.S.negotiators soon reach a deal withBeijing, the administration’s initial gambit has run aground…

It has almost become the new Washington consensus: decades of growing economic openness have hurt American workers, increased inequality, and gutted the middle class, and new restrictions on trade…

In late June, the leaders ofChinaandthe United Statesannounced at the G-20 meeting inOsaka, Japan, that they had reached a détente in their trade war.U.S.PresidentDonald Trumpclaimed that the two…

Natural resources are a funny thing in the Middle East; some states in the region suffer from a general scarcity of water while others have abundant sources of water. The presence of oil has brought…

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), climate change is an especially urgent issue, particularly as it has already triggered devastating weather events, including prolonged droughts, flash…