International Selection

In the end, nothing changes; as the 2018 presidential election approaches, Putin’s façade as the strongman-reformer that Russia needs remains intact. A column by Nina L. Khrushcheva.

This is the balancing act in Europe: Each state remains formally sovereign, but if it wants to prosper economically, it must accept the common norms and regulations. A column by Daniel Gros.

The elites must respond effectively to the causes of popular anger, or risk facing the emergence of anti-establishment movements, like their US and European counterparts. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.

In geopolitical and economic terms, the US is potentially the biggest winner from the disintegration of the EU. The US rose to predominance as Europeans fought one another. A column by Simon Johnson.

The recent push for integration has widened the intellectual and political gap between the United Kingdom and the EU’s eurozone members. A column by Martin Feldstein.

Will the UK find yet another role for it to play in the world, or will it fade slowly into irrelevance? For the time being, the country is set to endure substantial political and economic pain. A column by Carl Bildt.

Any action to redefine a long-standing arrangement on a country’s borders ought to require a lot more than a simple majority in a one-time vote. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

Brexit’s supporters must now prove that they made the right choice, by reaching a workable solution that upholds British economic and political stability. A column by Harold James.

Why are advanced-country populations so fearful of outsiders? It is not as if they have never been exposed to other cultures. The problem lies in how we travel. A column by Harold James.

If Brexit wins, financial markets and businesses around the world will be shaken out of their complacency about populist insurgencies in the rest of Europe and the US. A column by Anatole Kaletsky.

No country can prosper indefinitely without saving. It is time for politicians to own up to the truth: The saving deficit is the single greatest threat to the American Dream. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

Political leaders who still believe in the West must defend free trade and must prevent the introduction of protectionist measures and the erection of barriers to globalization. A column by Carl Bildt.