The global hunger crisis is here
Global food prices are soaring. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index—which covers a basket of basic food commodities (cereals, meat, dairy, vegetable oils, and sugar)—reached an all-time high of 159.7 in March, up from 141.1 the previous month.
India’s Covid Con
India is no stranger to political controversies. At least half a dozen rage in its fractious public life at any time. But perhaps the most unseemly dispute recently has been the one over the country’s Covid-19 mortality figures.
The International Monetary System is More Unfit than Ever
After the 2008 global financial crisis, the world seemed ready to undertake meaningful reform of the international monetary system. But the promised structural changes never happened.
Europe’s soft-power problem
The Ukraine crisis shows that the European Union (EU) has a problem with power.
Applying the Covid blueprint to cholera
While the coronavirus has posed unique challenges at a time of deep global interconnectedness, pandemics are nothing new.
Are the kids leaning right?
For decades, young people’s leftward leanings were considered an iron law of politics. “If people are not conservative at 40, they have no head,” Winston
From Cold War to Hot Peace
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are entering a new phase of warfare and global politics. Aside from a heightened risk of nuclear catastrophe, we are already in a perfect storm of mutually reinforcing global crises—the pandemic, climate change, biodiversity loss, and food and water shortages.
India’s Ukraine Tightrope
Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed India’s strategic vulnerabilities as few other things could, raising fundamental questions about the country’s position in the world, its regional security, and the wisdom of its long-term relationships.
IMF’s Unfinished Business
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is showing promising signs of changing with the times.
From Shock Therapy to Putin’s War
As Russian tanks battle through Ukraine on the orders of an authoritarian president, it is worth noting that Ukrainians are not the only ones who crave democracy.
