At War With the West and Its Own Elites, the Russian Regime Inches Toward a Fully Closed Dictatorship; Traditional Measures Fail to Capture the Complexity of the Global Economy; Trump Has Leverage, but He Must Use It Wisely
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greeting North Korean army generals in Moscow, May 2025

Putin’s New Hermit Kingdom

At War With the West and Its Own Elites, the Russian Regime Inches Toward a Fully Closed Dictatorship

By Andrei Yakovlev, Vladimir Dubrovskiy, and Yuri Danilov

 

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A billboard showing Chinese economic data in Shanghai, April 2025

The World Needs Better Balance Sheets

Traditional Measures Fail to Capture the Complexity of the Global Economy

By Diane Coyle

 
A helicopter carrying hostages released in the cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel in Reim, Israel, February 2025

America Has a Historic Opportunity in the Middle East

Trump Has Leverage, but He Must Use It Wisely

By Philip H. Gordon

 
Shipping containers at port in Oakland, California, April 2025

How China Armed Itself for the Trade War

Beijing’s High-Risk Approach to Its Economic Confrontation With Washington

By Zongyuan Zoe Liu

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