The decline in trust in political institutions and its rise in trust toward populist politicians in recent years may have economic causes, among other things: global economic growth no longer automatically translates into middle-class prosperity. For millennials and zoomers, social mobility hasn’t simply slowed—it’s stalled at the lower levels: in …

The US, the European Union, and the UK face two major challenges when imposing sanctions on Russian military production. First, it’s not always clear which products are being imported specifically for the military. Second, a sanctioned company quickly grows into a new one, and the military-industrial complex struggles to adapt …

From Red Sea security to BRICS solidarity, a wider Middle East war would stress-test the continent’s fragile supply chains and geopolitical alliances, and put South Africa’s Iran links under a microscope. Here are five risks to watch. As US warships mass off the Iranian coast and Western allies scramble to …