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AMONG the parallels between our present financial turmoil and the Great Depression of the 1930s, few are more important to understand than the implications of economic upheaval for national security. […]

W hoever moves into the Oval Office in January 2009 will have to deal with a significantly different global economy from the one George W. Bush inherited just eight years [...]

W hoever moves into the Oval Office in January 2009 will have to deal with a significantly different global economy from the one George W. Bush inherited just eight years [...]

The current legislative dispute between Congress and President George W. Bush, generally described as a contest over war funding, is not primarily about money. By historical standards the Iraq war [...]

If the US goes to war with Iraq, it will be well prepared militarily - but not so economically. Growth is sluggish. The budget deficit is far greater than expected [...]

The Group of Seven industrial democracies will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their annual summit meeting at Naples next week. The leaders of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, […]

WHILE highly welcome, the outcome of the French referendum on the Maastricht treaty resolves none of the underlying problems that caused the recent currency crisis or the current economic downturn […]

IN every international political crisis since World War II, the dollar has strengthened -- until now. Since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the dollar has fallen sharply. It is no longer […]

LEAD: Moscow's proposal that members of Comecon, the Soviet-led trade bloc, begin trading at market prices is a sign that the old order is crumbling. To help fill the void, […]

US President Bill Clinton should use his forthcoming summit meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin as an opportunity to forge closer links with China, the most rapidly expanding economy in the world. He must consider how to ensure that China is integrated into the world economy, thus enhancing opportunities for freer international trade. However, he must also be aware that China still has considerable economic difficulties, and that any worsening of these difficulties would have an impact outside China's borders.

President Reagan has made welcome moves to reduce tensions with Moscow and begin arms control negotiations. To improve chances of success, he also must take the initiative to shore up […]

Few people, in the Soviet Union or the West, question the need for Mikhail S. Gorbachev to initiate significant economic reform. Much less certain is how far he will go […]

In the span of 24 hours last week, the world had a new monetary system, and the United States a new trade policy. Both are welcome and necessary. But if […]

LEAD: THE dollar continues to confound and confuse. Has it fallen too much or too little? Must it be stabilized or drop further? THE dollar continues to confound and confuse. […]

Mexico is not merely another developing country with a debt problem. Its economy is closely interwoven with ours. We must address its problems as urgently as we would a financial […]

LEAD: With the campaign for the White House under way, it is worthwhile to consider how the next President might promote American economic interests in a world dramatically altered by […]

JUST when weak growth in the Western industrialized nations calls for greater cooperation among them, frictions are mounting. To strengthen world recovery, a common effort by these nations is urgently […]

LEAD: The date now set for the economic unification of the 12 countries in the European Community is 1992. Not since Napoleon's quest to unite Europe has anything so ambitious […]

The possibility of an agreement to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe presupposes the ability of the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to finance enhanced conventional […]

Opinion. Focuses on the financial difficulties in Asia. Indication that the country's problems is a powerful reminder of the close connection between good information and well-functioning markets; Reference to the article `Go East, Young Man,' by Kishore Mahbubani in the Spring 1994 Washington Quarterly; Perception that the United States resilient financial system owes much to James Madison and his colleagues at the Constitutional Convention.