Global Financial Stability

September 17, 2024

IMF’s Surcharge Policy: Penalizing the World’s Most Vulnerable Economies

In a striking and controversial twist, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned 22 financially distressed countries, including Pakistan and Ukraine, into a significant source of its net revenue. These nations, struggling

Columns/Human Rights

What If Rising Wages Aren’t the Problem?

The 2021-2023 inflation surge saw sudden and persistent increases in prices for consumer goods, housing, and assets. Wage inflation also rose, but it lagged behind other inflation measures. When wages finally accelerated, the Fed began hiking rates to cool the economy, consistent with

November 28, 2025

AI Mania Reshapes Wall Street, Driving Tech Stocks to Record Gains

Artificial Intelligence

Three years after OpenAI released ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has become the dominant driver of U.S. stock market gains, according to Bloomberg. The technology has

What If Rising Wages Aren’t the Problem?

November 28, 2025

Columns/Human Rights

The 2021-2023 inflation surge saw sudden and persistent increases in prices for consumer goods, housing, and assets. Wage inflation also rose, but it lagged behind other inflation measures. When wages finally accelerated, the

AI Mania Reshapes Wall Street, Driving Tech Stocks to Record Gains

November 26, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Three years after OpenAI released ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has become the dominant driver of U.S. stock market gains, according to Bloomberg. The technology has fueled a surge in Big Tech shares, created

IMF’s Surcharge Policy: Penalizing the World’s Most Vulnerable Economies

September 17, 2024

In a striking and controversial twist, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned 22 financially distressed countries, including Pakistan and Ukraine, into a significant source of its net revenue. These nations, struggling

Munir’s Zia Moment?

Pakistan is in a state of poly-crises and is hardly

Mali’s Hostage Deals Mask a War That Is Getting Worse

Recent hostage releases across the Sahel have produced striking moments

Israel’s ‘Minister of Hate’ Turns Extremism into Policy

The latest remarks by Israel’s Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have

Europe’s New Deal with Libya’s Warlords

The officials at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw are accustomed to

The Madman in the Casa Rosada

The truth is that I had promised myself I would

Whose Independence? Whose India?

Every August 15, India presents a familiar image to the

The Ugliness of Latin America’s Angry Tide

In August, right-wing billionaire Abelardo de la Espriella took office

When Reason Changes State

In 1799, Francisco de Goya published Los Caprichos. Among his engravings

Jason Arday: The Price of Woke Academia

The death of Jason Arday, the former Professor of Sociology

The Strait of Hormuz Is No Longer Iran’s Only Weapon

The Strait of Hormuz has long been one of the

Argentina: The Streets Put a Stop to Milei’s Plundering

Javier Milei’s government recently suffered a double defeat. The first

The Slow Unravelling of Arunachal’s Insurgency

On August 7, 2026, four cadres of United Liberation Front

Europe’s Drought Is Becoming an Economic Shock

At Europe’s biggest and busiest port, the consequences of a

Asia’s Terror Threat Deepens as Global Extremist Networks Adapt

The terrorist threat confronting Asia is becoming more complex even

Five Years After Kabul Fell, Afghanistan Remains in Limbo

The world witnessed the fall of the Afghan republic on