PS editors asked PS contributors to identify the national and global trends to look out for in the coming year.

Chelsea Hodgkins lambasts a corporate-led voluntary global standard that would harm communities and pose risks for automakers ...

Erian offers his predictions for the new year while acknowledging that the range of possible outcomes is widening.

J. Bradford DeLong considers the implications of Donald Trump and friends' effort to orchestrate an unnecessary government ...

William Ruto explains what climate-vulnerable Africa will need to strengthen their resilience and sustain economic growth.

Adekeye Adebajo expects a continuation of America's longstanding attitude of benign neglect toward the continent.

Mariana Mazzucato worries that a recently unveiled industrial strategy is not structured properly.

Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.

Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.

Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned ...

Gordon Brown urges global policymakers to address the Afghan regime’s egregious violations of women and girls' rights.

Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Russia's loss in Syria and Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House.