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