Commentary and Analysis

Geographically targeted economic development strategies can serve as an antidote to political extremism in formerly industrial regions.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Stefan Kornelius, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

What does China’s economic slowdown mean for the world? UC San Diego's Victor Shih joins Deep Dish to discuss.

A new study reveals the place-based grievances stoking right-wing populism in German industrial regions.

The European Union has bold goals to wean itself from Russian energy. Can it succeed?

“Transatlantic effort to accelerate economic change in industrial heartland regions has huge implications,” cowrites John Austin in the National Interest.

Russian economics and politics cannot be separated, argues Elizabeth Shackelford on Al Jazeera. “If you have questions about that, just ask China.”

Elise Labott, Carla Anne Robbins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Jamil Anderlini, Stefan Kornelius, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

“Vladimir Putin is not all-powerful, he needs people to keep him in power where he is,” Elizabeth Shackelford tells MSNBC. This is where oligarchs come in.