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How Washington’s and Beijing’s visions for the future may turn into a nightmare.

Nearly forty years after Ford told New York to drop dead, the city is still here—but forever changed.

Clark discusses the work of UNDP, the launch of the 2013 Human Development Report in Mexico, the Millennium Development Goals and the many challenges that the UN will face in the future.

This tiny nation has been pushed off a cliff to "save" the eurozone. Reunification may be the only way to turn the island's fortunes around.

How do Greece’s economists and writers explain its social predicament?

Hey, look it over—public ownership is the most effective way to fix America’s economy.

The strange thing about last week’s Brussels compact is that it is irrelevant to the task at hand—avoiding collapse of the euro.

All of the plans on the table for solving the debt crisis, including the finalized plan, are far removed from the needs and wants of ordinary Americans. 

While the US funds democratic reform projects in the post-Mubarak age, Egyptians are mistrustful of American meddling in their domestic affairs.

The government has the power to spur innovation and reshape the economy—but it must be willing to flex its muscle.