Tag: Economics

Keir Starmer has been in office as Britain’s prime minister for a little longer than a year—and currently enjoys only a 22 percent approval rating among the public. Starmer has ...

The U.S. dollar, for all the incessant handwringing over its imminent demise as the global reserve currency, remains clearly ensconced on its throne. But that could start to change as ...

HEBRON, WEST BANK—Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, Rauf, a Palestinian construction worker from the West Bank, has only returned to his job in Israel once, ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Vietnam as a bellwether for the impact of U.S. tariffs on the region, a new Thai prime minister trips ...

For all of its efforts to drive a domestic manufacturing boom in key industries, the United States remains heavily reliant on Asian expertise to build batteries, the powerful technologies that ...

It’s no secret: The U.S. Democratic Party is struggling. According to a recent poll by Gallup, only 34 percent of Americans view the Democratic Party favorably, the lowest rating since ...

One would think, three and a half years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, that the West could come up with a way to choke off Russia’s energy exports, still the ...

This year, the winners of the men’s and women’s singles at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York will each win $5 million—a 39 percent increase from the prize ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s chaotic agenda is taking a growing toll on American farmers, many of whom backed his return to office but are increasingly feeling the pressures of his ...

Much has been made of U.S. President Donald Trump’s rapid embrace of the tools of state capitalism. Yet while Trump has made clear his desire to emulate President Xi Jinping’s ...