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A Deal With Iran Requires an Iran that Can Make…

BERLIN — A senior US State Department official recently summarized the Trump administration’s approach to regime change in three words: “decapitate and delegate.” Remove an intransigent leader, weaken the regime through airstrikes, sanctions, and proxies, then compel a successor to strike a transactional bargain – eliminating a geopolitical irritant while

Global Firms Betting Bigger on China during Economic Turbulence

When an economy combines sustainable growth potential, a stable policy environment, and a clear direction for industrial development, its appeal

An AI Bubble Won’t Trigger a Financial Crisis

When those prices fell, the complex web of obligations unraveled: banks discovered they held worthless securities, credit markets froze, and

What Turkey Wants in Iran

Then, when the time is right, Turkey could seek to connect these figures to relevant international players, setting the stage

Magical Thinking Won’t Make Europe an AI Power

At a time when major powers are pursuing aggressive industrial policies, the EU cannot afford to remain on the sidelines.

A New Iranian Revolution?

But regimes born of revolutions have more in common than how they end. The first generation embodies the revolutionary spirit

AI and the End of Time

For two centuries, time has been capitalism’s organizing principle. In his 1967 essay “Time, Work-Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism,” the British

Development Is Hard Power

Understood in these terms, international development is not just a form of “soft power” (exerting influence through persuasion and attraction).

Global Cooperation in a Time of Geopolitical Disruption

New cooperative frameworks that deliver on critical but often competing goals – such as energy justice and energy security; both

Financing the Global South’s Infrastructure Boom

India’s experience offers a cautionary tale. Without institutional capacity and financial depth, PPPs can backfire, creating a vicious spiral of