India had the world's largest economy until the 17th century but suffered almost 500 years of decline afterward. However, India is currently the...
Is India Back? / Milan Vaishnav
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Masters Of War
Sudan is at war with itself. Since the 2019 uprising that booted Omar al-Bashir from office after thirty years, the country has experienced more...
Africa’s Arc of Misery: Sudan / Samah Salman
Samah Salman, a Sudanese businesswoman and civil society leader shares her insights on the situation and efforts for peace. Sudan is at war with...
Now for Something Completely Different
We live in a bipolar world: United States and Europe on one side; China and Russia on the other. And everyone else is expected to choose one or the...
Rising China Plants a Flag in the Middle East / Yasmine Farouk
Yasmine Farouk discusses the impact of China’s mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the Middle East and beyond. Early last month, there was an...
Announcing the 2023 Global Leadership Prize Jurors
The Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize has many moving parts, but the jury is the cornerstone of the selection process. Each jury is...
Nous entendez-vous, Monsieur le Président?
French President Emmanuel Macron has had a rough few months. Weeks of sometimes violent protest against pension reform that he eventually imposed by...
Reflections on the Guillotine / Pierre Lellouche
Macron’s dilemma: European sovereignty or alienating allies? Former French politician Pierre Lellouche analyzes Macron’s blunders and their impact...
Walking Blues
Imagine walking 2,000 miles from Honduras to the southern U.S. border, risking robbery, assault, even murder. Why do so many take the risk?...