Bipasha Maity shows that women politicians from historically underrepresented communities have the strongest record.

Bipasha Maity is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka University.

Around the world, authoritarian and populist leaders are eroding civil liberties, weakening democratic checks and balances, and browbeating the press and the judiciary; but rather than taking to the ...

Desmond Lachman highlights the risks, both domestic and global, raised by the US president's economic short-sightedness.

Sania Nishtar sees an urgent need for global coordination and financing to confront new pathogens with pandemic potential.

US President Donald Trump did not decide to go to war against Iran because he had run out of diplomatic options, or because ...

Standard economic frameworks and metrics for assessing economic output have systematically undervalued the dynamic, long-run ...

A new study across 38 countries found that among adults aged 20-45 who work from home at least one day per week, actual ...

Once again, the US has opted to make a massive strategic commitment in the Middle East. But while it takes only one side to begin a war, it takes two to end it – and Iran now has a vote in how big ...

Anne O. Krueger worries that new plans to revitalize the US maritime sector may deepen its self-inflicted decline.

Gordon Brown urges global support for the NGOs operating underground schools and online programs in defiance of the Taliban.

Christopher Marquis describes a strategy that would enable vaccine makers to revive critical research when the political tides turn.