Global growth in 2016 will be disappointing and uneven, and medium-term prospects have weakened as well, because low productivity, aging populations, and the legacies of the global financial crisis are holding back potential growth. And looming over this outlook is the need to manage spillovers from two major economic transitions.
George Soros worries that Western societies are walking into the trap set for them by ISIS and its ilk.
Francis Fukuyama asks what lies ahead for China's geopolitically momentous "One Belt, One Road" strategy.
Joseph E. Stiglitz traces the roots of economic stagnation in much of the world – and sees little improvement ahead.
Robert O. Paxton laments the growing use of a political epithet that almost always mislabels its targets.
Kofi A. Annan & Kishore Mahbubani argue for a more refined and comprehensive approach to changing states' behavior.
Dominic Barton urges companies to focus in 2016 on digitizing the core components of their business.
