By Invitation
The world after covid-19
Kishore Mahbubani on the dawn of the Asian century
The West’s incompetent response to the pandemic will hasten the power-shift to the east
The world after covid-19
Mark Carney on how the economy must yield to human values
In recent years, the market economy has become the market society. The virus could reverse that trend
The world after covid-19
Kevin Rudd on America, China and saving the WHO
Time for an “M7” group of countries to rescue global institutions
Barack Obama
The way ahead
America’s president writes for us about four crucial areas of unfinished business in economic policy that his successor will have to tackle
Tony Blair
What I've learned
Tony Blair reflects on the lessons of his decade as Britain's prime minister
Business and society
The biggest contract
By building social issues into strategy, big business can recast the debate about its role, argues Ian Davis
Tony Blair
A year of huge challenges
Two particular tasks face the world's rich nations, argues Britain's prime minister in this article: sorting out Africa, and dealing with climate change
Courage to fulfil our responsibilities
Today's challenges and threats are unprecedented. If the United Nations and its member states are to meet them, writes Kofi Annan, world leaders must act on the recommendations of a new report on collective security
By invitation: Richard Haass
The world on his desk
A briefing for the weary winner from the man in charge of policy and planning at the State Department in 2001-03
The world economy
The risks ahead for the world economy
Fred Bergsten explains why policymakers need to act now in order to avert the danger of serious damage to the world economy
Efraim Halevy
In defence of the intelligence services
The committees of inquiry into American and British intelligence failures may have left the West less secure, argues Efraim Halevy, an ex-chief of Mossad
Kenneth Rogoff
The sisters at 60
The World Bank and the IMF are not in good health. Kenneth Rogoff, a former chief economist of the Fund, suggests a course of treatment