Tag: Economics

Almost 18 months after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the Middle East looks decidedly different. The Assad regime, which ruled Syria brutally for more than five decades, is ...

The image of the world’s most powerful CEOs attending Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 is seared by now in our collective memories. Power attracts money, of course—especially if tax ...

Global events during the past several years make three things crystal clear: Energy security is national security, abundant energy is an irreplaceable tool for adapting to climate volatility and improving ...

Trans-Atlantic relations as we know them are over. The Trump administration in the United States has made it clear that it prefers striking a deal with Russia or other autocrats ...

U.S. stock markets have lost some $5 trillion in the three weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump initiated a series of trade wars. Tariffs have been raised against multiple countries ...

When the Chinese start-up DeepSeek stunned the world and rattled stock markets in late January with the release of DeepSeek-R1—an open-source generative artificial intelligence model that rivaled the most advanced ...

The United States’ unraveling defense commitments to Europe raise fundamental questions about geopolitical alignments, while U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs threaten a major reorientation of world trade. But there’s ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the latest slew of U.S. tariffs, Greenland’s election results, a no-confidence vote in Portugal, and resumed U.S. military aid to Ukraine. ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Canada’s next prime minister, Israel cutting off electricity to Gaza, and a maritime collision in the North Sea. Sign up to ...

Former central bank governor Mark Carney has been selected as the successor to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Liberal Party leader. He’s now slated to become the next ...