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The Year Ahead 2022
In 2021, governments around the world united behind the exhortation to “build back better” from the COVID-19 crisis. But sloganeering will offer little respite for a world that has only just begun to reckon with the systemic challenges posed by recrudescent nationalism, rising debt levels, cyber warfare, new technologies, and other distinctly twenty-first-century challenges.
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The Year of Results
The Year of Results
Abhijit Banerjee & Cheyenne Olivier dwell on a new source of collective anxiety, and on what it says about today's political leaders. -
America's Struggle at Home
America's Struggle at Home
Jeffrey D. Sachs explains why the social and political outlook for the coming years is fraught with peril. -
America's Killer Capitalism
America's Killer Capitalism
Anne Case & Angus Deaton show that there are no excuses for the declining prospects among less-educated cohorts. -
Europe's Time to Shine
Europe's Time to Shine
Laurence Tubiana considers the domestic obstacles the European Union will face in its bid for global climate leadership. -
Germany's Post-Merkel Checklist
Germany's Post-Merkel Checklist
Helmut K. Anheier & Edward L. Knudsen explain why the country's new leadership must change everything in order to keep things the same. -
To Democracy and Back in Southeast Asia
To Democracy and Back in Southeast Asia
Anwar Ibrahim argues that the poor will suffer most from the return of authoritarianism in the region. -
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Asia's Regional Threats
Asia's Regional Threats
Shivshankar Menon considers the myriad security risks that the region will have to confront over the next year. -
Shinzo Abe’s Asia-Pacific
Free to readShinzo Abe’s Asia-Pacific
Minxin Pei shows how the former Japanese prime minister’s strategy for dealing with China continues to shape the region. -
Brazil's Besieged Democracy
Brazil's Besieged Democracy
Camila Villard Duran warns that President Jair Bolsonaro's failures are obscuring his success in restoring the military to power. -
The Middle East's Backwater Blues
The Middle East's Backwater Blues
Marwan Muasher notes that while the region is undergoing rapid change, misgovernance remains a defining problem. -
Post-Peak China
Post-Peak China
Chris Patten worries that mounting existential problems could make President Xi Jinping's regime even more dangerous. -
Preventing a US-China Nuclear Arms Race
Preventing a US-China Nuclear Arms Race
Kevin Rudd proposes confidence-building measures to forestall a dangerous Cold War-style escalation.
