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October 20, 2009

Development
Global Economic Trends: The Business of Aid

Watch experts break down the relationship between foreign aid and local business in the developing world.

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June 8, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
Economics May Trump Politics in Egypt

Egypt’s political crisis is getting the attention it merits as the presidential election approaches.  But the economic crisis is not getting enough. The financial commentator David Goldman wrote in …

June 5, 2020

United States
Trump’s Threat to Use the Military Against Protesters: What to Know

Amid protests against racial injustice, can President Trump deploy the military to bring “law and order” to American streets?

June 27, 2011

Thailand
Bombshell Report on Thailand May Open Debate on Monarchy

A Thai official dressed in a traditional costume greets Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn (R) during an annual royal ploughing ceremony in cental Bangkok on May 13, 2011. (Damir Sagolj/Cour…

A Thai official dressed in a traditional costume greets Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn (R) during an annual royal ploughing ceremony in cental Bangkok on May 13, 2011.

April 21, 2009

Sub-Saharan Africa
Is Aid Dead? A Discussion with Dambisa Moyo on Foreign Aid and Development

In her recently released book, Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa, Moyo offers a fresh critique of international development aid from an African perspective. Mo…

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August 26, 2011

China
My Kind of Town

The Chicago skyline in fog caused by extreme cold temperatures of -21 degrees. Courtesy Reuters. Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve had a day job at Eurasia Group, a global political r…

My Kind of Town