The global pandemic is just one example of seismic changes taking place that we must live with and adapt to.

  • What a carve up! The future of the internet

    Commercial and geopolitical forces are threatening to fracture the internet into competing regimes, making it harder for companies to operate across borders and potentially limiting their growth. We explore the implications for investors.

  • Building back better: The path to net zero

    While much of the world’s focus continues to be on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis also requires urgent attention. The number of countries and companies supporting the move to a lower-carbon world is growing, but practical challenges remain. How can we build back better after COVID, and navigate to a cleaner, safer and sustainable world?

  • Cutting loose: COVID-19 deals globalisation a further blow

    Globalisation’s image problem may have been further tarnished by the pandemic, but can political leaders use the crisis to reform it for the better and resist the urge to abandon it altogether?

  • Virtual reality: How COVID-19 is reshaping the world of work

    While the coronavirus pandemic has devastated livelihoods, it also presents an opportunity for companies and policymakers to reinvent the world of work. The future is full of possibilities – but no easy answers.

  • A time for action: Race, ethnicity and investing

    In a two-part feature, we look at what asset managers need to focus their engagement efforts on to make a difference on anti-black racism, and why the industry needs to get its own house in order.

  • Empire states of mind: Is the age of US exceptionalism at an end?

    As the world starts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the US’s position as global hegemon will be under mortal threat from a resurgent China that looks to have escaped the virus relatively unscathed.

  • United Europe: From discord to harmony?

    Global politics are in flux as policymakers scramble to manage the pandemic and revive economies. Can Europe come together and carve a place for itself on the international stage, or will it end up a passive player buffeted by greater forces?

  • The COVID Nudge

    In these data visualisations, we look at whether COVID-19 will achieve something that millions spent on public health campaigning has failed to do.

  • How the US can lead on climate finance: A five-point plan for President Biden’s first year

    The US went backwards on tackling climate change under President Trump. His successor Joe Biden must act quickly to make up for lost time, says Steve Waygood.

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