The world has entered a period of extraordinary turmoil and uncertainty characterized by, among other disruptive developments, the breakdown of the international economic order that has existed since ...

“If you try to solve a macro problem through tariffs, it's not going to work,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute of International Economics, about the Trump administrations plans to ...

In the last 10 years, the traditional role the United States played in the international economy since the end of the Cold War has become more contested in both political parties, even as the nation’s ...

This is an excerpt of the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. Amid the dizzying trade actions President Trump has taken in recent days, it was easy to miss a remarkable speech the White ...

For most of the postwar period, U.S. international economic policy was primarily aimed at seizing opportunities: opening global markets, promoting growth, improving efficiency. Today, it is largely ...

with Shannon K. O'Neil via CFR January 29, 2026 ...

International Economics examines the cross‐border flow of goods, services, capital and information, shaping how nations interact within an increasingly interdependent global economy. Its scope extends ...

Russia's annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to be known as the country's "Davos" in a nod to the World Economic Forum that's held in Switzerland every year. War in Ukraine has changed the ...

NATO countries are boosting defense spending. It's a move announced at a summit last week and designed, they say, to counter threats by Russia. But as NPR's Charles Maynes reports, Russia is eager to ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ...