When America First Runs Into Africa
The problem with Donald Trump’s Congo deal is not that it is too ambitious. It is that it mistakes spectacle for strategy. A White House ceremony can stage a breakthrough, but it
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A Smarter American Strategy for the Sahel
For much of the past decade, the United States watched its influence in the Sahel steadily erode. France’s retreat from Mali, a succession of military coups across West Africa, and growing anti-Western
How AI Empowers Indian Villages
Ajay Banga’s point at the IMF Spring Meetings is best read as a challenge to move beyond AI as an urban-centric productivity tool and make it a rural equalizer. India now has
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