PS editors asked PS contributors to identify national and global trends to watch for in the coming year.

Fueled by anger over corruption, high living costs, and narrowing opportunities, youth-led protests have been sweeping the ...

Cristina Ramirez warns that the continent’s allergy to sensible reforms could lead it down the same path taken by Argentina.

Michael R. Strain identifies areas where the president bears responsibility for higher prices and could do something about it ...

Arvind Subramanian explains how both the United States and China are making life harder for developing countries.

Adekeye Adebajo cites three possible motives for threatening to invade the country, all of which reflect an imperial mindset.

Yanis Varoufakis shows that the combined effect of all three has left Europe the most shocked and shaken of all.

Kenneth Rogoff highlights the risks created by policy uncertainty, geopolitical instability, and weak fundamentals.

Richard K. Sherwin argues that law and public policy must protect people from covert algorithmic manipulation.

Anne O. Krueger argues that in its first year, the administration has fully vindicated critics of is protectionist agenda.

Michael Spence points out that the returns on today's investments depend on economy-wide adoption, not frontier development.

Günther Thallinger & Ludovic Subran urge policymakers to stand by a proven approach that has guided polluting industries ...