Analysis

Crisis of Plausibility

Chile has not experienced a sudden mass conversion to the right. Rather, the country’s existing economic model, founded in the wake of the dictatorship, has been beset by what might be termed a “crisis of plausibility.” 

Drones Like Bicycles

An Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone is a simple weapon. The delta wings, which span 2.5 meters, are made of fiberglass and end in two fixed vertical stabilizers.

Finance in the Dark

An opaque sector is reshaping the US. Only ambitious regulatory reform can check its power.

Battlefield Amazonia?

How the PT's environmental crackdown undermined its own ambitions for the biome.

Non-Hegemony

The neoliberal world order is collapsing. In its wake, powerful states have abandoned multilaterialism in pursuit of national aims.

After the Rent Freeze

Freezing or lowering rents is not enough. True housing affordability demands a push for public ownership.

Trump’s Dollar

Calls to weaken the dollar have become a feature of Trump's second term. But in today's credit-based system, where the US currency is often created offshore, nativist politics cannot be translated into monetary terms.

Southern Questions

The US and Israel appear to have achieved unprecedented dominance in this war-torn state. But its most restive region will not be easily subdued.

Overexpectations in e-commerce?

Is brick-and-mortar retail bound to lose ground to the new portals of infinite choice and doorstep delivery? The picture is more complex than it might seem.

Lift the Siege

Will Caracas be able to mount an economic recovery in the aftermath of the US assault?

Iran in Revolt

Deep political-economic transformations are causing recurrent waves of unrest, with no long-term solution in sight.

Matrices of Empire

Washington's campaign to weaken Chinese influence in Latin America is crucial context for its abduction of Maduro. Will its aggression backfire?

Enforcement Regime

Trump's immigration crackdown marks a dramatic change in the domestic security apparatus. Its origins lie in longstanding bipartisan consensus on immigration enforcement itself. Unconstrained budgets have enabled the growth of far-right power centers, and set the conditions for the current surge.

The Big Ten

Finding and defining “logistics clusters” across the United States

Transformation without Taxation

AMLO and Sheinbaum have reorganized political power in Mexico, but they have refused to push through progressive tax reform. Is this balancing act sustainable?

A Global Euro

A roadmap for internationalizing the European currency

COP30 Without the USA

Climate cooperation, forest funds, and the tentative move toward green industries

Missed Opportunities

Vast lithium deposits offer Argentina a chance to pursue development and reindustrialization—but the Milei government is letting it go to waste.

Lithium Experiments

Gabriel Boric's government has revived industrial policy to upgrade Chile's role in the green transition. Yet serious obstacles remain.

Careless Profit

As elder care in Spain has expanded, it has also become a lucrative and financialized industry, putting returns before the needs of residents. How might it be reformed?