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Germany is about to break its coal addiction. Last year, the government created a 28-member “coal commission” – comprising scientists, politicians,...

The most frustrating part of my job as a public health scientist is the spread of false information – usually online – that overrides years of empirical...

For the past decade, politics in the Global North has been in a state of high madness owing to excessive fear of government debts and deficits. But two...

Around the world today, the central challenge for achieving inclusive economic prosperity is the creation of sufficient numbers of “good jobs.” Without...

Watching a sophisticated democratic society knowingly walk into a predictable and avoidable national disaster is a rare and alarming experience. Most...

After a long period of investment-driven growth, China is finally changing its policy playbook. Having recognized the costs of relying on excessive credit...

The clock is ticking toward March 29 and the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Whether Brexit turns out to be “soft” or “hard,” the...

January is traditionally a time for assessing the developments of the previous year, in order to anticipate what the new one has in store. Unfortunately,...

In October 2017, at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC enshrined in its constitution a new political doctrine: “Xi...

Why has Germany, the land of history-making innovators like Johannes Gutenberg and Albert Einstein, not produced high-tech giants like Google, Amazon, or...