Balancing the Rights of Nature and Economic Development: The case of Boric’s Chile
Chile, under its youngest President Gabriel Boric, has taken a historic step: to grant a Constitutional status to Rights of Nature. But can economic...
America’s Mental Health Crisis Is a Security Issue
A recent mass shooting by a mentally unstable man in New York City has underlined the dire need for improved mental healthcare in the...
Why we must invest more in Guatemala’s human capital
I have both a personal and a professional attachment to Guatemala. It is the first country I covered as country economist at the World...
Public safety or national security?
On December 21st of 2017, the former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto created a new law known as Ley de Seguridad Interior (Law of...
The Chinese theory on “the end of American hegemony” after the Ukrainian war
The fundamental question after the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine was about the possibility of China sacrificing its economic interests with...
Pushing the boundaries of morality: The American arms industry
When we think about war and defense our minds commonly go to soldiers, weapons, and violence, yet we neglect all the industry and production...
Cooperating with autocrats: When is too much, too much?
Two recent publications have fuelled debate about democratic cooperation with autocratic governments in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, in the wake of the...
Countering Moscow’s Influence in Latin America
The presidents of Argentina and Brazil, Alberto Fernández and Jair Bolsonaro respectively, have not directly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Their silence is...
Was it Indo-Pacific, or Asia-Pacific? A Look at the Immaturity of American Geopolitics
Global geopolitics is inevitably linked to major world events. The results of this, however, can be disastrous for well-known geopolitical theories and major geo-strategies.
On...
Migration: a challenge of integrity?
It is no mystery that Mexico has always subdued itself towards the desires of the United States of America, the imposing neighbor of the...