In the first of a short series of articles looking at the economy of Mongolia, we take a look at where the country has made good progress. When Moody’s and S&P...
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The IMF’s headline growth and forecast figures probably matter far less than they appear to. So why continue to make such a fuss about them? On April 14, Pierre-Olivier...
The Last Word: We’re not entering the age of artificial intelligence. We’re re-entering the age of energy, this time with better marketing. Europe has spent much of...
What Italian espresso bars and their cheap coffee can teach businesses about keeping things simple: Do just one thing, and do it very well. Bardonecchia, an hour and a...
Harm reduction is not a lowering of standards or moral compromise; it is the standard itself, once the illusion of purity has been removed. The argument over how society...
Climate leadership requires more than just ambition. Targets need to be supported by stable, investor-grade frameworks, says Timur Tillyaev. Europe’s climate credentials...
The case for institutionalising long-term thinking in government is growing, but the results of experiments carried out so far are mixed. The Welsh government’s...
The case for small, agile allies: Strategic realism for a paradigm of distributed deterrence, and the political opportunities it presents. There is a compelling and...
Hungary’s election result is a gift for investors, if the new government can deliver the swift reform that the European Union wants to see. In the end, it wasn’t...
The Last Word: Work is no longer about location. Stop wasting time on debating where people work, and start deciding what human work is for. A few weeks ago, I listened...
Inside Lithuania’s bold push to build entrepreneurs before they graduate, a model that could redefine how we prepare for the future of work. Education systems across...
Governments in Europe and Central Asia are spending heavily on steering their economies. They are mostly pointing in the wrong direction. The World Bank rarely minces...