Economics & Business Archive

A number of global and human security crises are playing second fiddle in the media to the U.S. election. Here’s what to watch for.

So far, nothing has worked to remove Maduro from power. Regional leaders should work harder to learn from those failures.

If the election were to be conducted freely and fairly, Venezuela would have a new president Sunday. But Maduro shows no inclination to relinquish power.

Xi Jinping wants to completely remake China’s economy. All the people who benefited from the old model are standing in the way.

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya are all facing increasing water scarcity. They’re also facing the social discontent that comes with it.

Brazil and Argentina would benefit from cooperation. But what their ideologically opposed leaders should do and will do are very different.

A massive global technology outage highlights how the concentration of tech companies is a vulnerability in and of itself.

India has all the economic makings of a future great power. But there are a lot of other factors where it is left wanting.

Washington and Beijing have adopted radically different strategies to win the battle over the semiconductor industry. Both have significant flaws.

Facing soaring public debt levels, EU leaders are anxious to prevent another debt crisis. But the cure may end up being worse than the disease.

Rifts like the one between Niger and Benin spell trouble for a region as interconnected as West Africa.

Thousands protested against overtourism over the weekend in Barcelona, which has become the poster child for the growing issue.

The criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses is well deserved. But the accusation of sportswashing misses the bigger picture.

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have strengthened their economic and security ties, reflecting geopolitical shifts in the Middle East.