Sir, Lawrence Summers is certainly correct in asserting that the right focus of the European countries must be on restoring economic growth if they are to restore fiscal sustainability (“Growth not austerity is the best...

Many questions about the future of Iraq remain unanswered, but while concerns about security dominate the news, a concrete plan for economic recovery and development will also be crucial to ensuring a peaceful, democratic future for the Iraqi people. Revitalization of the petroleum sector--which was expected to provide an economic...

When an imperious bully like Fidel Castro starts to fear, his instinct is to try to sow fear among his enemies. Today, with his student and benefactor, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, dying of cancer, what the Cuban dictator fears most is that his bankrupt regime in Havana is about to lose billions in critical aid and oil.

At this AEI event, Sweden's minister of finance, Anders Borg, will explain Sweden's consolidation efforts, which were based on a mixture of expenditure cuts and tax increases.

Today with GDP growth slowing, the rupee softening and the stock market in a funk, it's time to reassess Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's record.

Growth is slowing, but the politicians at fault haven't heeded calls for serious reform.

When Vladimir Putin returns to the Russian presidency on Monday, May 7, the pageantry surrounding his inauguration will aim to portray a picture of unassailable strength, a confident master of his domain invulnerable to pressures from within or without. But things are not quite as stable...