Uncharted
What are the U.S. and more than a dozen other countries doing with a new type of economic agreement in the Indo-Pacific? Wendy Cutler on Biden’s experimental attempt to pick up where Obama left off.
Russian roulette
What’s Vladimir Putin trying to accomplish by cutting off gas supplies to Europe? Samantha Gross on Moscow’s energy-blackmail scheme amid “the first global natural-gas crisis.”
Exit strategy
How is the war in Ukraine changing corporate calculations? Neil Malhotra on the new weight of moral issues in global commerce.
System shift
How is the war in Ukraine changing globalization? Adam Tooze on the new dynamics of world trade.
System shock
What is the war in Ukraine doing to the global economy? Adam Tooze on sanctions, inflation, and the world’s new financial order.
Chaos and consequences
What has Putin done to Russia by invading Ukraine? Anders Åslund on the shock of global isolation and the escalating risk of economic ruin.
Sources of power
What is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine doing to the world’s energy supplies? David L. Goldwyn on high prices, market forces, and the struggle to cool a warming planet.
The new gold
What’s driving a global rush for critical minerals? Lisa Sachs on the environmental challenges of clean technology.
Just a job
Is something fundamentally changing in how Americans think about work? Jonathan Malesic on the causes and consequences of the Great Resignation.
