Life on a warming planet
What’s really causing all this year’s extreme weather? Rachel Cleetus on rising temperatures, billions in damages, and the climate’s uncertain future.
Changing of the guard
What does it mean that tens of trillions of dollars are now moving from the Baby Boomers to the Millennials and Generation Z? Martin Raymond on the causes and effects of the twenty-first century’s great wealth transfer.
Views from the ground
Why are the American president’s approval ratings so low? Casey Dominguez on what’s known and unknown about the dynamics shaping opinions of Joe Biden.
Trouble in the East
What’s wrong with China’s economy? Victor Shih on the causes, effects, and global reverberations of a big slowdown in the world’s biggest country.
Tariff men
What’s driving America’s new approach to international trade? Katheryn Russ on jobs, national security, and climate change.
Weather eye
Why are most countries not taking sides in the Ukraine war? Richard Gowan on history, geography, and non-Western strategies for a changing global order.
Next generation
What’s behind the accelerating shift of younger Americans toward the Democratic Party? David A. Hopkins on the far-reaching consequences of a widening generational divide.
First contact
Why is the U.S. suddenly reaching out to China? Eyck Freymann on the motivations and challenges for cooling things down in Washington and Beijing.
Last man standing
Why is democracy struggling so much around the world? Francis Fukuyama on the recent history and unwritten future of the open society.
‘The regime is dead’
What’s happening in Iran—and what are the implications across the Middle East? Kim Ghattas on the long-term prospects for autocratic rule and democratic resistance.
