BREAD-BLOCKING BANDITS: HOW MEN WITH GUNS AGGRAVATE GLOBAL HUNGER / THE ECONOMIST

Bread-blocking bandits How men with guns aggravate global hunger Vladimir Putin’s attempt at grain blackmail highlights a wider problem At f...

THE FIRST GLOBAL SUMMIT OF THE SECOND COLD WAR / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The first global summit of the second cold war Joe Biden and Xi Jinping may meet at the G20 in Indonesia, whose president embodies an older ...

THE AGE OF MEGATHREATS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Age of Megathreats For four decades after World War II, climate change and job-displacing artificial intelligence were not on anyone’s m...

RUSSIA MAY PREFER SABOTAGE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OVER NUCLEAR WEAPONS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Russia may prefer sabotage of critical infrastructure over nuclear weapons Attacks on gas pipelines, train networks and airport computer sys...

THE GLOBAL ECHOES OF A BRITISH NEAR-COLLAPSE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Global Echoes of a British Near-Collapse Roughly every 15 years since the 1930s, Britain has had an autumn financial crisis that has for...

CREDIT-DEFAULT SWAPS ARE AN UNFAIRLY MALIGNED DERIVATIVE / THE ECONOMIST

Credit-default swaps are an unfairly maligned derivative They are back in the headlines. That is not entirely bad news Vultures, rats and ma...