Here’s how falling oil prices could make the world more peaceful and cooperative Erik Voeten - January 28, 2016 [caption id="attachment_20002" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Oil pumps work at sunset in
Bolivian elections get the Hollywood treatment, and now we’re discussing term limits Thiago Nascimento da Silva and Diego A. von Vacano - December 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZo_ILZhfk Bolivian politics are not usually the stuff of Hollywood
Investors have controversial new rights to sue countries. Here’s why this matters for the U.S. Rachel Wellhausen - November 30, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32783" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Protesters stand in the street to
Portugal faces a political crisis, but it’s the same one facing governments everywhere Cas Mudde - October 28, 2015 [caption id="attachment_31385" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Paulo Portas (C), leader of the
Putin wins at hockey! Mao swims the Yangtze! And other amazing feats of authoritarian prowess Xavier Marquez - October 14, 2015 https://youtu.be/TUdYCzdpzdY Russian President Vladimir Putin recently celebrated his 63rd birthday
Think of Russia as an ordinary petrostate, not an extraordinary superpower Maria Snegovaya - March 9, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22451" align="alignnone" width="620"] A monitoring instrument on the gas
Bringing the FARC in from the cold Fernando Medina - February 13, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21012" align="alignnone" width="620"] Gen. Ruben Alzate, right, meets with
Those with darker skin report slower police response throughout the Americas Mitchell Seligson, Mollie Cohen, and Elizabeth Zechmeister - February 9, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21073" align="alignnone" width="620"] Riot police and security officers clash
The rise of outsider politicians in Latin America and Europe Esperanza Casullo and Flavia Freidenberg - September 16, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15496" align="alignnone" width="620"] Marine Le Pen leads the far-right
What The Economist could have read before suggesting that U.S. slavery wasn’t all bad Chris Blattman - September 5, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15315" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A sugar plantation on the island