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Ukraine’s long war
A web of security guarantees could give Ukraine all the help it needs, says Fabrice Pothier
The former NATO policy planner examines the potential power of recent international dealmaking
Ukraine
How Russia and Ukraine interpret and signal information will determine the course of the war
Hein Goemans and Branislav Slantchev argue that the fighting will not end until expectations converge
Artificial intelligence and jobs
Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne on how AI benefits lower-skilled workers
Machines make producing average content easier, conclude the two academics
Economic development
Bjorn Lomborg calls for a new approach to meeting global development goals
Narrowing the list of promises would allow more to be done with less money, says the Danish economist
Germany’s economy
Robert Habeck responds to The Economist’s “sick man of Europe” cover
The symptoms are milder than our diagnosis would suggest, says Germany’s economy minister
Israel and the Palestinians
Martin Indyk reflects on the Oslo accords, 30 years on
The spirit of the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement lives on—just—says America’s former ambassador
Geopolitics
The cold war holds lessons for America’s rivalry with China, say Condoleezza Rice and Niall Ferguson
Military strength matters, as do allies, but nothing is inevitable
Europe’s economic challenges
Mario Draghi on the path to fiscal union in the euro zone
It will require new rules and more pooled sovereignty, says the former head of the ECB
The West and Russia
Mikheil Saakashvili on the lessons from Georgia
Forget hopes of normalising relations with Vladimir Putin, says Georgia’s ex-president
The future of WFH
Nicholas Bloom predicts a working-from-home Nike swoosh
Firms, employees and society will all benefit, reckons the Stanford economist
China’s economy
Wei Xiong on how China can overcome its economic challenges
Its hybrid model needs a partial refit, argues the Princeton academic
Zimbabwe
Miles Tendi on the depressingly business-as-usual feel to Zimbabwe’s election
The Oxford professor bemoans continued authoritarianism and a lack of female participation