By Invitation

The American election

The president is deluding himself. Democrats are better than that, says Ari Emanuel

Geopolitics

The Global South must be courted, even if that means compromising interests, argues Alexander Stubb

French politics

Pascal Cagni explains why foreign investors should not panic

Europe’s other flashpoint

Russia and China are up to old tricks in the region, argue George Robertson and Andi Hoxhaj

Business and the American election

The Biden administration has played dirty and shown staggering incompetence, argues Joe Lonsdale

The French election

Or it could try to change the EU from within—which would be worse, reckons Jean Pisani-Ferry

British politics

It is more in touch with voters, says the longest-serving female MP—but there is more work to do

Russia and the West

He is leading Russia into a new phase of strategic confrontation, says Stephen Covington, a longtime NATO adviser

Artificial intelligence

The changes will be particularly profound in energy, manufacturing and medicine, says the futurist

Pharmaceutical innovation

Bringing gene therapies and obesity drugs to the masses will require financial innovation too, says Steven Pearson

A moderate proposal

They need to be clear about what opposing populism does and doesn’t mean, argues Yair Zivan

Crypto-criminality

Curbing dirty money will require both governments and techies to be less dogmatic, says Geoff White