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Given that revenues from @realDonaldTrump’s tariffs are already incorporated into US fiscal projections, reversing them would carry steep political costs for any future administration, note @STGEUI’s @gpapak and @Bruegel_org’s @pisaniferry. bit.ly/4vI9xyI

US Treasury Secretary @SecScottBessent has hailed @AnthropicAI’s Mythos model as a breakthrough that could help the US win the AI race. But Americans should not confuse being first with being safe, write @AlexSYang and @AngelaZhangHK. bit.ly/42lYbmy

A Hungarian Playbook for Defeating Populists? project-syndicate.org/commentary/pet…

While monetary and fiscal stimulus could temporarily reduce China’s trade surplus, a long-term solution requires structural reforms to address its skewed sex ratio and financial underdevelopment, writes @Columbia_Biz’s Shang-Jin Wei. bit.ly/486LCPy

Arvind Subramanian rebuts the claim that the country’s mercantilist development model has short-changed consumers. project-syndicate.org/commentary/chi…

Using Hungary's experience as a guide, Guillermo Ortiz considers how Mexico's democratic backsliding under President @Claudiashein will end. bit.ly/4eWdnyh

Camila Villard Duran explains why emerging-market economies face scrutiny from the West for developing domestic payment platforms. project-syndicate.org/commentary/mon…

For years, policymakers argued that stronger action against online child abuse required more evidence. But that is no longer a credible excuse, Andy Phippen shows. bit.ly/4n7addi

Brahma Chellaney argues that the administration’s personalized, opaque, and venal approach is incompatible with global power. project-syndicate.org/commentary/tru…

As the economic consequences of @realDonaldTrump’s war of choice against Iran become increasingly evident, policymakers around the world are growing alarmed. But the greatest damage may be borne by the US itself, writes @Cornell’s @kaushikcbasu. bit.ly/3PcWmFG

While the legacy of enslaved resistance informs political debates in post-colonial societies, it is often downplayed in former slaveholding countries. A new book puts it at the center of modern political thought, writes @LSEnews’ Jake Subryan Richards. bit.ly/4ulwvu0

Integrating Indian talent into US-led ecosystems is the only way for American firms to maintain their edge against a competitor that views technology as a tool of state control rather than individual empowerment, @Ylli_Bajraktari and @d_jaishankar argue. bit.ly/4tOvDym

Autocratic leaders like Chinese President Xi Jinping cannot permit intellectual freedom while guaranteeing that it will not undermine the system itself, notes @AsiaSociety’s @samchetwin. bit.ly/4cLEcnz

.@Claudiashein's government might not appear fragile just yet, but systems built on concentrated power often appear robust, precisely because they suppress institutional friction, points out Guillermo Ortiz. bit.ly/4eWdnyh

Christian nationalism has always relied on a mistaken view of international conflict as a “clash of civilizations,” and @realDonaldTrump has simply offered an extreme caricature of this framing, Harold James explains. bit.ly/4n35ysJ

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The question for development in the 21st century is not whether governments should intervene after markets have already failed. It is what kind of economy we want to build in the first place, @MazzucatoM and @LaraMerling explain. bit.ly/4un8ymf

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Viktor Orbán’s fall—the latest episode in an historical dialogue between Hungary and China that started in 1956—will only reinforce Xi Jinping’s conviction that no amount of political liberalization is safe, argues @AsiaSociety’s @samchetwin. bit.ly/4cLEcnz

The economic case for a service-based toll system on the Strait of Hormuz, administered by Iran in coordination with the Gulf states, is strong, Massoud Karshenas, @HPesaran, and Ron Smith argue. bit.ly/4n96vQq