For too long, Europe has treated AI as an afterthought, refining legal definitions while continuing to rely on foreign cloud capacity, chips, and foundation models, Soňa Muzikárová warns. bit.ly/4akjzfy

When prediction markets work well, they can have significant benefits relative to other methods of forecasting, Scott Duke Kominers argues. bit.ly/4rzhi78

In Trump’s America, the key question isn’t what actually happened but whose version gets amplified on social media. The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis is a case in point, writes Grzegorz Kwiatkowski. bit.ly/4rBl28b

Ethiopia’s experience illustrates how protracted debt-restructuring negotiations can allow manageable liquidity challenges to escalate into severe solvency crises, explains Vera Songwe. bit.ly/3ZGZADb

If Donald Trump is serious about targeting the cartels in Mexico, he should focus on revealing their links to Morena politicians, rather than pushing for military action, writes Guillermo Ortiz. bit.ly/46AsSqB

After an unprecedented rally, gold fell 10% following the announcement of Kevin Warsh as Donald Trump's nominee to succeed Jerome Powell as US Federal Reserve chair, observes Desmond Lachman. Will markets' faith in Warsh turn out to be misplaced? bit.ly/3ZlPTtC

When the US raises tariffs on close allies, such as Japan and the EU, it can leverage the security guarantees on which they depend to discourage them from retaliating, notes Koichi Hamada. The same is not true for China. bit.ly/4ajn3PF

Donald Trump’s revival of “America First” isolationism has confirmed Indian skeptics’ arguments that the West is unreliable, and that “strategic autonomy” is India’s only safe harbor, writes Ajay Shah. bit.ly/4aFie3p

The uncomfortable truth is that the world order was already broken even before Donald Trump's first presidency. He just accelerated the decline, giving even greater urgency to the need for something new, @vestager.bsky.social explains. bit.ly/4rzwjpx

Some 17 years after Bitcoin’s launch, the one and only “killer app” in crypto is the stablecoin: a digital version of old-fashioned fiat money, which the financial and banking industry already digitalized decades ago, Nouriel Roubini observes. bit.ly/4rBYhBb

Global health does not suffer from a lack of clever financial instruments, write Walter O. Ochieng and Tom Achoki. It suffers from a shortage of predictable funding to pay nurses, keep clinics open, and ensure that drugs arrive on time. bit.ly/45RnoaQ

Following large-scale layoffs at the Washington Post, read our interview with former executive editor @postbaron.bsky.social, who argues that political intimidation, financial strain, and rapid technological change are steadily eroding journalism’s capacity to hold power to account. bit.ly/3ZjjBPP

During #WorldInterfaithHarmonyWeek, Alaa Murabit argues that faith isn’t a relic of the past—it’s a powerful driver of global development. Faith-based groups deliver real impact through trusted, local networks. bit.ly/3ZfiIrB

There appears to be a dislocation between political headlines and broader media narratives, on the one hand, and the relative calmness reflected in key financial metrics, on the other, Dambisa Moyo observes. bit.ly/4qaKn7T

While memories are often short, the footage of two peaceful US citizens killed at close range by trigger-happy government goons won’t fade fast. As Ian Buruma sees it, anger at the government will linger. bit.ly/3ZAVY5D

@jefffrankel.bsky.social sees disturbing parallels between Donald Trump's unhinged behavior and that of ancient Rome's mad emperor, Caligula. bit.ly/4r8AXuQ

America’s most powerful asset during World War II was not any single weapon, but an innovation system that aligned research, industrial capacity, and public investment, writes Paolo Surico. bit.ly/45LLAvj

The dividend from a weak dollar may be sharply discounted in the current depreciation cycle, because tariffs act as a wedge that “pre-adjusts” relative prices in the trade sphere, Qiyuan Xu observes. bit.ly/3O4omu5

Donald Trump’s trade war has not been as damaging for Latin America and the Caribbean as feared. But the sustained uncertainty has strengthened the case for trade diversification, argues Eugenia Andreasen. bit.ly/3Zbs8V0

Rather than being a source of stability in today's deteriorating geopolitical order, middle powers could well add to the chaos if they do not summon the will to look beyond their short-term interests, Eswar Prasad writes. bit.ly/4t9NH5X

There were 2,267 confirmed measles cases in the US in 2025 – over seven times the 285 cases in 2024, and the highest number in more than 30 years. @petersinger.info sees many culprits behind declining vaccination rates – not least Secretary Robert F. Kennedy. bit.ly/3ZfguIO

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney clearly understands that no amount of deference can satisfy Donald Trump’s insatiable need for flattery. Other countries would do well to recognize this, writes Chris Patten. bit.ly/3LMq0jy

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Stephen Holmes, assessing Donald Trump's new National Defense Strategy, warns that a US president with commitment issues is not merely ineffective but a threat to world peace. bit.ly/4brN4yl

Despite Donald Trump’s efforts to quell public outrage after the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents, the White House’s confrontation with Democratic governors and mayors shows no sign of easing, write Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson. bit.ly/3Z69ii2

The geoeconomic conflicts of the 2020s are largely about supply problems, which are not best handled by putting higher taxes on imports. The Trump administration has fundamentally misunderstood this historical moment, notes Harold James. bit.ly/4buAvm2

With the US and China doubling down on economic coercion, middle powers have a clear incentive to reduce dependence on Chinese inputs and limit their exposure to the US market, write Moreno Bertoldi and Marco Buti. bit.ly/4q8nVMC

Rich democracies are doing better than ever across many broad measures. While there are genuine concerns about democratic capitalism, it is hardly an obstacle to human flourishing, argues @michaelrstrain.bsky.social. bit.ly/49RnEcn

Despite Jordan Bardella’s protectionist ambitions, the only way for France to pursue Trump-style protectionism outright would be to leave the bloc, argues Brigitte Granville. bit.ly/49PtDyf

Donald Trump’s overreach in Venezuela may prove to be the turning point when the destructive forces on which he has long relied stop reinforcing one another and instead turn against him, writes Harold Hongju Koh. bit.ly/45DvXWH

If Greenland, Canada, or even Venezuela had to choose between being part of the US or joining the EU, they would obviously opt for the latter, notes @sierakowski.bsky.social. bit.ly/3NLizcU

Who has the the fighting army in Europe to defend Europe? Answer: Ukraine

Anne-Marie Slaughter outlines core principles that can serve as a guide for reforming current multilateral institutions or creating new ones following the withdrawal of American global leadership. bit.ly/49OUgDy

According to Donald Trump, massive fiscal stimulus, regulatory rollbacks, and interest-rate cuts will boost US growth to 4-5% while keeping price pressures in check. While this scenario is not impossible, it is highly unlikely, writes Kenneth Rogoff. bit.ly/3ZFg6mU

Given the trajectory of transatlantic relations, Europe needs Ukraine as much as Ukraine needs Europe, note @tderyugina.bsky.social, @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social, and Ilona Sologoub. bit.ly/49NUue1

Donald Trump seems determined to reshape the North Atlantic region, and he is willing to destroy the transatlantic West in the process. What is all this for?, Joschka Fischer asks. bit.ly/46eUEbZ

A big question for American exceptionalism is whether Donald Trump is an aberration or a sign of where the US is headed. Ultimately, this question can be answered only by Americans, writes @ssruschina.bsky.social. bit.ly/4t5Sg1c

Now that Donald Trump has climbed down from his demand for US sovereignty over Greenland, policymakers should address the genuine concerns over the island and its role in international security, writes @cfr.org's Michael Froman. bit.ly/4rjCy0K

Israel’s recent deal to supply Egypt with gas from its Leviathan offshore field has been presented domestically as an economic and diplomatic triumph. But the reality is more complicated, warns Avri Schechter. bit.ly/3Z8ZDqW

The test of whether the US has crossed the line in Greenland is if consent ceases to function, because there has been a change in who licenses activity, polices boundaries, adjudicates disputes, and can halt projects, Carla Norrlöf writes. bit.ly/3NCvMot

When formal channels for political engagement break down, protest becomes the norm rather than an aberration. Ignoring today’s Gen Z-led protests risks deepening public distrust and increasing the likelihood of recurring unrest, warns Rose Ngugi. bit.ly/4kaH5As

For developing countries and relative latecomers to AI, the real gains lie in deploying sophisticated frontier models that are already available, Shamika Sirimanne and Taffere Tesfachew write. bit.ly/3Z1ke0r

Andrés Velasco thinks too many people are applying the wrong lessons from the US-led interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq in justifying the Donald Trump administration's decision to leave #Venezuela's old regime in place. bit.ly/4qMcRWU

Announced with relatively little fanfare, the US-led Pax Silica alliance suggests that energy dominance is no longer about extracting hydrocarbons but about converting energy and raw materials into computational power, writes Sarah Ladislaw. bit.ly/3LSZqVW

The next time Donald Trump threatens Europe, the EU should respond with targeted export tariffs, taxes on royalties, and the elimination of US Treasuries' risk-free status, advises Daniel Gros. bit.ly/3McX83X

@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social imagines a 20th-century blueprint for fascism that describes the political trajectory of more than one country today. bit.ly/4t3vZB2

My op ed based on Trump's speech at Davos where after excoriating the Europeans, he spoke about a shared "special culture...the precious inheritance that America and Europe have in common." He didn't believe a word he said. Here's the history of that culture and all that Trump does to negate it.

Those who resist the lies that the Trump administration is telling about the execution of Alex Pretti in Minnesota are doing right – and giving the endangered American republic its best chance of survival, @timothysnyder.bsky.social notes. bit.ly/4rjbkr3

Donald Trump and the MAGA faithful know nothing of the “spirit that lifted the West.” On the contrary, they represent everything that it swept away centuries ago, @jp-singh.bsky.social explains. bit.ly/4rfSQHS

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