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Commentary

The New Russian Empire

It may not be a rebirth of the USSR, but Putin's vision of a Eurasian union could make Moscow the center of an economic powerhouse.

The Chinese Bubble's Slow Leak

Western observers anxious for some schadenfreude will be disappointed. China's housing boom won't bust.

How to Pay for Wars

The White House's proposal to discipline war spending is legislatively doomed and full of holes.

Essays

Mr. Bernanke Goes to War

Finance ministers around the world are up in arms over the Fed's latest efforts to jump-start the anemic U.S. economy. The future of globalization hangs in the balance.

China Also Rises

Will China seek revenge for its century of humiliation at the hands of the West?

The Kremlin Begs To Differ

One doesn’t need to be a Russian domestic radical or a foreign Russophobe to see major flaws in the way Russia is ruled. The population, however, is satisfied with the status quo...for now.

The Color of China

Minxin Pei warns that China's rise may be in its last stages, but Jonathan Anderson says China's GDP juggernaut will continue going strong.

A User's Guide to the Century

Jeffrey Sachs explains why the new world order of the twenty-first century is crisis-prone.

War, Trade and Utopia

Economic interdependence leads to peace, say the globalizers. Think again, and examine the U.S.-Chinese connection.

Blogs

The Soft Power of Equal Opportunity

America, like China, will suffer from the inequality fostered by nepotism and cronyism. 

Japan Still Sleeps

Ambitious projections that Tokyo will provide for more of its own security are overly hasty—and perhaps wishful thinking.

Good Policy and Bad Politics

European voters moved the economic debate in the right direction, even if they did so for the wrong reasons.

Books & Reviews

First Bank of the Living Dead

As the Great Recession gnaws at our very belief in the ability of capitalism to raise us to ever-escalating levels of wealth and prosperity, Keynes's no-longer-viable financial prescriptions are being resurrected.

Wrong on Japan

Japan is the most consistently misinterpreted major country in the world.

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May 26, 2012