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One month after Juan Guaidó, the speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, said he was assuming the powers of the Venezuelan presidency, currently held...

Toward the end of 2018, the United States merged existing development agencies into the new US International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC). With a...

Respectable investors aren’t supposed to say, “This time is different.” But, given the market gyrations in recent months, they would do well to keep...

Upon taking office in January 2017, US President Donald Trump intensified America’s efforts to isolate North Korea. And at first, his administration’s...

Surveys from round the world show that people want secure jobs. At the same time, they have always dreamed of a life free from toil. The “rise of the...

Africa is the youngest place in the world. But because African heads of state tend to be older – with an average age of 62 – they are out of touch with...

US President Donald Trump has proved truly disruptive to the transatlantic relationship. His questioning of America’s mutual-defense commitments presents...

US President Donald Trump’s administration has underestimated China’s resilience and strategic resolve. With the Chinese economy slowing, the US...

Dramatic changes have swept the world since British voters decided in 2016 to leave the European Union. None of them could have been easily foreseen in...

Trade negotiations between the United States and China are closing in on the March 1 deadline, after which the bilateral tariff war will resume –...