Pegah Banihashemi thinks the regime’s latest violent crackdown on protesters could deprive it of its last source of legitimacy.

Dambisa Moyo identifies the forces that will decide which firms win and which will fall behind in today’s technology race.

Ricardo Hausmann draws parallels between US efforts to seize Venezuelan oil and 19th-century resource colonialism.

Yi Fuxian explains why declining fertility presents Chinese authorities with a uniquely difficult challenge.

Di Guo & Chenggang Xu show that the country lacks the institutions needed to generate and sustain innovation over the long run.

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Jeffrey Frankel sees disturbing parallels between Donald Trump's unhinged behavior and that of ancient Rome's Caligula.

Stephen Holmes warns that a US president with commitment issues is not merely ineffective, but a threat to world peace.

Paolo Surico highlights the innovation ecosystem that converts science into new technologies when they are needed most.

Ian Buruma thinks public anger over federal agencies’ violence in Minnesota will influence this year’s midterm elections.

Peter Singer sees a massive ethical failure in governments’ promotion of anti-vaccine charlatanism.

Eswar Prasad thinks it will be difficult for countries to unite, even in the face of superpower-induced turmoil.

Qiyuan Xu warns that protectionism may be widening the gap between the greenback’s financial role and its trade effects.

Harold Hongju Koh thinks the US president’s imperial ambitions and performative militarism could prove to be his undoing.

Mordecai Kurz considers how the root causes of the current populist-authoritarian moment can best be addressed.