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  Leading German economic agencies have revised the country’s forecast for 2024, predicting a decrease of 0.1 percent in gross domestic product. What is happening to Europe’s largest economy? Looking at Germany’s situation, one cannot help but wonder. Even the most outlandish fiction would struggle to match this level of absurdity. This comment will not delve into […]

  Politicians do not pay much attention to demography. Given their electoral horizons, this is hardly surprising. The so-called demographic crisis and its consequences unfold over decades, while in most countries elections of some sort take place at least every two years. Little heed is paid to whether, in the near future, the electorate might […]

  Historian Christopher Clark wrote the impressive book on how the European powers sleepwalked unnecessarily into World War I at the beginning of the last century. Can we learn something from this? There has been no period in history without war. Europe had the unique chance of a very long peace, mainly protected by the United […]

  Friends and adversaries will challenge and test the administration.   Even when successive presidents are from the same political party, such as the administrations of Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) and George Bush (1989-1993), American foreign policy contains elements of both continuity and change. If Kamala Harris succeeds Joe Biden as the president of the United […]

  Earlier in 2024, global government debt hit a record $91.4 trillion, according to the Institute of International Finance, the global association of the financial industry. The world’s combined gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024 is projected to be approximately $109.5 trillion. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which promotes global monetary cooperation, financial stability and economic growth, […]