Image: GeK on ShutterstockLuis RubioThe great success of President López Obrador is not to be found in an exceptional strategy or ability but in his having discovered an amorphous and untapped electorate that did not feel represented. His mastery...
Photo: Lukas on PexelsIt is challenging to define what a recession is. The dictionary explains it as a contraction of the economic cycle and a decline in consumption, while economists require two consecutive quarters of decline in GDP.Image: D...
Photo: Cottonbro on Pexels"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm, but the harm does not interest them. Or they do...
https://www.ted.com/talks/timothy_snyder_is_democracy_doomed_the_global_fight_for_our_future/commentsOn TED.comTimothy SnyderHistorian Timothy Snyder dives into the structures that uplift and tear down political systems, offering perspective on the current state of democracy, the patterns that lead to tyranny, and what we need to create a future of...
Image: on imf.orgGlobal inflation will fall in 2023 and 2024 amid subpar economic growth.Global growth is projected to fall from an estimated 3.4 percent in 2022 to 2.9 percent in 2023, then rise to 3.1 percent in 2024. The...
U.S. Policy and the Trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine Conflictby Samuel Charap, Miranda PriebeDiscussion of the Russia-Ukraine war in Washington is increasingly dominated by the question of how it might end. To inform this discussion, this Perspective identifies ways in which the...
Photo: Alexander Popovkin on PexelsAntonio NavalónThe story of this year, 2023, began on the shoulders of tanks. On February 24 last year, there was the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and from there, naturally, we enter a scenario in which...