Is all the excitement about the future of Africa’s economy really justified? Or is the continent’s success mostly just a commodities story?

Can China’s cities by 2030 really accommodate one billion residents — equal to one in every eight people on the planet?

Individual rights in the United States are not threatened because government is too oppressive. The real problem is that government is too weak.

Are U.S. sanctions against Iran strengthening the economic and financial position of its competitors, including China, India and Turkey?

Would a transatlantic trade deal redefine the rules of global trade?

What’s it like to lead a giant pharmaceutical company?

Can Russia ever become a modern, economically competitive, democratic society as long as Putin is in charge?

Will immigration reform repeat the past abuses of illegal immigration, a history perpetrated by members of the U.S. Congress at the behest of their business associates?

How do the Republican promoters of limited government get away with their myopia?

What did Pope Benedict view as the responsibilities of the world’s rich countries to the poor?