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What Should Be on the Global Financial Agenda?

José Antonio Ocampo BOGOTÁ – The United Nations Conferences on Financing for Development have been great occasions for building consensus on global financing issues. The next meeting, set for mid-2025 in Spain, will continue the progress made previously in Monterrey (2002), Doha (2008), and Addis Ababa (2015), and preparations are

Conservative opposition wins German election, Olaf conceded defeat

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled

Trump’s Cultural Revolution

Trump may lack Mao’s skills as a writer and theorist, but he possesses the same animal instinct to confound opponents

Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?

PARIS – I was fortunate to participate in the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, where many discussions emphasized the need to

Normalizing the Normalization of the Far Right

With only a few weeks to go before the federal election on February 23, Germany experienced a political earthquake. For the

Delhi Assembly election, BJP trying to topple AAP’s supremacy

The Delhi Assembly elections have commenced, with voting taking place across all 70 seats. A total of 699 candidates are

Marco Rubio: An Americas First Foreign Policy

Yet even when circumstances demand toughness, the president’s vision for the hemisphere remains positive. We see a prosperous region rife

Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico and 10% on…

Trump declared an economic emergency in order to place duties of 10% on all imports from China and 25% on

Thai PM says ‘elated’ at release of Gaza hostages

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she was "elated" Thursday at the release of five Thai hostages held in Gaza

Green Free Trade in a Protectionist Age

As incentives go, CBAM amounts to a “stick,” which punishes developing countries for not sacrificing domestic growth and development in