Diplomacy & Crisis News

Alex Imas, Mohamed El-Erian, and James Manyika, leading voices at the intersection of business and technology, argue that realizing AI’s potential requires giving workers, communities, AI labs, infrastructure developers, and big companies a share of the gains. Using insights from game theory, they argue that increased cooperation can make AI work for all.

In 1971, as the international monetary system was on the brink of collapse, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Connally told a group of worried European finance ministers that the dollar was “our currency, but your problem.” The dollar had become that system’s official reserve currency in 1944, under the Bretton Woods agreement, making signatories subject to the whims of U.S. monetary policy. Even after Bretton Woods collapsed and many currencies floated freely, the dollar continued to dominate. In the last half century, U.S. currency power has only expanded, as more countries have integrated into the global economy and therefore grown to depend on the dollar. China, reliant on export-driven growth, is foremost among them.

The advent of a new technology invariably comes with strategic implications, raising the question of who will benefit and whether risks can be managed. In 1957, following the Soviet Sputnik launch, U.S. policymakers and analysts recognized that the satellite, as the American physicist and engineer Lloyd Berkner observed in these pages, would bring transformative effects. The United States could not risk losing out, Berkner argued, but nor should governments allow geopolitical tensions to prevent the technology’s broad benefits from emerging.

La condamnation à quatre ans de prison d’un universitaire pour ses propos sur l’industrie extractive fait suite à la rétrogradation d’un ministre en vue en raison de ses propos dénonçant l’envolée des prix de la tomate.

Jing Quan prompted controversy last week when he told reporters that China could "easily win" a war against the Philippines.

Ces attaques sanglantes ont visé des campements appartenant majoritairement à la communauté des Daoussahak, dont est issu le groupe armé Mouvement pour le salut de l’Azawad, proche de la junte au pouvoir à Bamako, d’après des sources interrogées par l’Agence France-Presse.

The photos reportedly show the 81-year-old receiving two books and a sealed diplomatic package from Britain's King Charles III.

More than half a million people joined anti-government protests over the weekend.

The real action starts after polls close and the coalition wrangling begins.

Protest and radicalization are the answer to an authoritarian, centralized state.

By framing coal and gas as essential to jobs, prosperity and national identity, the industry continues to resist the transition to renewable energy.

France and Germany are increasingly willing to flex market share for geopolitical leverage. But they still need reforms to maintain it.

Activists of the Hindu Raksha Dal, an outfit that furthers the Sangh Parivar’s agenda, were caught on camera beating students and youth participating in the Delhi protests.

China is looking to “optimize and enhance” its social security program. People fear that will translate to pressure on gig economy workers and rural migrant workers.

Not only can Rubio avoid the most pressing international crises by jetting off to Central Asia, but he – and the Trump administration more broadly – were guaranteed to receive a warm welcome in the region.

Practical steps, U.S. pressure, and greater Arab involvement are needed to overcome trauma and despair.

12 years after construction finished, the New Yalu River Bridge is finally open. Will North Korea's economy open too?

Aggregate rankings mistake the absence of overt conflict and the fear of speaking up for genuine tolerance.

Restricted intelligence sharing, an investment spat, and remarks by a U.S. commander point to a widening gap between the allies.

As of early October, the Mongolian authorities have received 754 calls reporting bear sightings in various provinces and towns.