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Will the Federal Reserve Support Inclusive Prosperity? (Simon Johnson, Project-Syndicate)

Lael Brainard, one of two female governors on the Fed board, has consistently argued that it is premature to raise interest rates until inflation...

The Geopolitical Conquest of Economics (Jean Pisani-Ferry, Project-Syndicate)

Although economics and geopolitics have never been completely separate domains, international economic relations were shaped for 70 years by their own rules. But the...

Betting on Italy (Michael Spence, Project-Syndicate)

Italy has endured more than two decades of slow economic growth and below-potential performance. But two factors now seem to be changing the game:...

Why the Quad summit was a strategic success (Ash Jain, Atlantic Council)

For the Biden administration, reeling from a spate of recent foreign-policy setbacks, last week’s Quad summit at the White House refocused attention on a...

The French Double Standard on Fighting Terrorism (Tsilla Hershco, BESA Center)

Despite its oft-stated determination to fight terrorism, France has struggled to establish an effective intelligence system and adequate legislation to combat Islamist terrorism, in...

An arms control stocktake (Orli Zahava, The Interpreter)

Nuclear politics and nuclear policy shifts get plenty of coverage – atomic-powered submarines for Australia, China’s missile silo fields, North Korea’s enrichment activities in Yongbon, Iran’s compliance with...

WTO dispute settlement: why Australia bothers (Ravi Kewalram, The Interpreter)

I have three propositions about Australia’s participation in World Trade Organisation dispute settlement to put to Interpreter readers. WTO dispute settlement: why Australia bothers | The Interpreter...

Indonesia: painted politics (Stania Puspawardhani, The Interpreter)

Street art has been much discussed across Indonesia’s airwaves in the last couple of months. Three spray-painted murals expressing a critical perspective on the...

China’s declining Pacific aid presence (Jonathan Pryke, Alexandre Dayant, The Interpreter)

In November 2018 Port Moresby was a sea of red in the build up to the APEC leader’s summit. Chinese flags covered every road...

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