Barry Eichengreen compares the US currency's global trajectory to that of the Roman denarius under Emperor Nero.

WASHINGTON—One month of war in Iran has added nearly $4.4 billion to Africa’s annual debt burden, enough to build a gigawatt ...

Timothy Snyder worries that the US president could exploit a terrorist act, or engineer one, to rig the midterm elections.

Economic performance in the United States has proved unexpectedly resilient in recent years, withstanding even Donald Trump’s ...

The US-Israeli war will be remembered as yet another episode of powerful countries falling into the trap of asymmetric ...

Kaushik Basu thinks existing measures of institutional health overlook how interconnected political systems have become.

Ian Bremmer notes that the country is faring better than most from the economic shock emanating from the Gulf.

Attiya Waris sees the 17th General Review of Quotas as a test of whether the multilateral lender can transform itself.

Jim O'Neill suspects that Donald Trump’s Middle East misadventure will shift the regional balance of power eastward.

Stephen Holmes warns that the system Viktor Orbán has created means that losing an election may not mean relinquishing power.

Sławomir Sierakowski sees the collapse of Gazprom’s market capitalization as a microcosm of broader economic dynamics.

Attiya Waris, Professor of Fiscal Law and Policy at the University of Nairobi and a senior scholar at the Georgetown Center ...