It’s hard to find anyone willing to say — on the record — that anything could be wrong with the relationship between India and the US. Over the past 20 years, the world’s two largest democracies have grown steadily closer. But the truth is that this has happened in spite of the economic linkages between the two countries, not because ...

Even for those who haven’t been following the vicissitudes of European banks blow by blow, the latest wave of money-laundering allegations to hit some of the region’s lenders is reason to look away in despair. Firms from Swedbank AB to Raiffeisen Bank International are alleged to have handled a broad range of suspicious transactions involving Russian money. It will take ...

Empowering women around the world, and especially in developing countries, is an urgent priority that goes well beyond social justice. Ample research has demonstrated and, in several cases, quantified the broader benefits for the economy, decision making, politics and society as a whole. The Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP), announced by the White House last month, is one ...