Global Affairs
- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.

- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.

- African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
- African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
- African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
- The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature

- The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
- The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature

- It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
- It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
- It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
- This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
- This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
- This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
- Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
- Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
- Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
- One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
- One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
- One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
- Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to

- Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
- Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to

- Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
- Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
- Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
- Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence
- Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence
- Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence
- No government of Taiwan has ever seriously considered abandoning the sacred fiction that there is only one China including Taiwan. There is just a
- No government of Taiwan has ever seriously considered abandoning the sacred fiction that there is only one China including Taiwan. There is just a
- No government of Taiwan has ever seriously considered abandoning the sacred fiction that there is only one China including Taiwan. There is just a
- Democracy in the United States would probably not survive a ‘president’ J.D. Vance who took power long enough before the 2028 election—whether by succession

- Democracy in the United States would probably not survive a ‘president’ J.D. Vance who took power long enough before the 2028 election—whether by succession
- Democracy in the United States would probably not survive a ‘president’ J.D. Vance who took power long enough before the 2028 election—whether by succession

- Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper
- Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper
- Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper
- There isn’t time for Musk to build a nationwide third party before the November 2026 mid-term elections for the Senate and the House of
- There isn’t time for Musk to build a nationwide third party before the November 2026 mid-term elections for the Senate and the House of
- There isn’t time for Musk to build a nationwide third party before the November 2026 mid-term elections for the Senate and the House of
- Since the Chinese invasion of 1950, Tibet has been officially part of of the country and Beijing does not like religious leaders who are
- Since the Chinese invasion of 1950, Tibet has been officially part of of the country and Beijing does not like religious leaders who are
- Since the Chinese invasion of 1950, Tibet has been officially part of of the country and Beijing does not like religious leaders who are
- Almost one-third of the South Pacific island’s 10,000 residents entered a lottery whose 280 lucky winners would get a special climate-change visa that entitles
- Almost one-third of the South Pacific island’s 10,000 residents entered a lottery whose 280 lucky winners would get a special climate-change visa that entitles
- Almost one-third of the South Pacific island’s 10,000 residents entered a lottery whose 280 lucky winners would get a special climate-change visa that entitles
- With a leaked call sparking protests in Thailand, Cambodia’s Hun Sen is taking an unnecessary risk for a doubtful outcome. But the uncomfortable truth
- With a leaked call sparking protests in Thailand, Cambodia’s Hun Sen is taking an unnecessary risk for a doubtful outcome. But the uncomfortable truth
- With a leaked call sparking protests in Thailand, Cambodia’s Hun Sen is taking an unnecessary risk for a doubtful outcome. But the uncomfortable truth
- You can trust the Iranian regime, nasty though it is, not to let itself be drawn into truly dangerous confrontations with the United States.
- You can trust the Iranian regime, nasty though it is, not to let itself be drawn into truly dangerous confrontations with the United States.
- You can trust the Iranian regime, nasty though it is, not to let itself be drawn into truly dangerous confrontations with the United States.
- If there really were a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored where the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, they had a week
- If there really were a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored where the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, they had a week
- If there really were a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored where the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, they had a week
- Donald Trump has long known that the Israeli prime minister was trying to sucker him into a joint war against Iran, and never fell
- Donald Trump has long known that the Israeli prime minister was trying to sucker him into a joint war against Iran, and never fell
- Donald Trump has long known that the Israeli prime minister was trying to sucker him into a joint war against Iran, and never fell
- The Israeli PM has broken his lifelong rule, and attacked Iran without America’s full support because he cannot bear to miss the chance to
- The Israeli PM has broken his lifelong rule, and attacked Iran without America’s full support because he cannot bear to miss the chance to
- The Israeli PM has broken his lifelong rule, and attacked Iran without America’s full support because he cannot bear to miss the chance to
- It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in
- It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in
- It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in
- European members of NATO are worried the U.S. is ending its guarantee of nuclear retaliation against a Russian attack. They are right to be
- European members of NATO are worried the U.S. is ending its guarantee of nuclear retaliation against a Russian attack. They are right to be
- European members of NATO are worried the U.S. is ending its guarantee of nuclear retaliation against a Russian attack. They are right to be
- The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to
- The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to
- The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to
- The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into
- The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into
- The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into
- Tourists don’t feel the immediate effects of the countries clamping down, but journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, and I’m certainly feeling the
- Tourists don’t feel the immediate effects of the countries clamping down, but journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, and I’m certainly feeling the
- Tourists don’t feel the immediate effects of the countries clamping down, but journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, and I’m certainly feeling the
- Playing the monarchy card might protect both Canada and the U.K. from worse treatment at the hands of the U.S. president.
- Playing the monarchy card might protect both Canada and the U.K. from worse treatment at the hands of the U.S. president.
- Playing the monarchy card might protect both Canada and the U.K. from worse treatment at the hands of the U.S. president.
- Despite the far-right desire to expel all Arabs from the lands now controlled by Israel, it remains a cruel fantasy that will never happen.
- Despite the far-right desire to expel all Arabs from the lands now controlled by Israel, it remains a cruel fantasy that will never happen.
- Despite the far-right desire to expel all Arabs from the lands now controlled by Israel, it remains a cruel fantasy that will never happen.
- Although the U.S. president will try to bully Ukraine into accepting Russia’s terms, there is no evidence that Ukraine is really on the brink
- Although the U.S. president will try to bully Ukraine into accepting Russia’s terms, there is no evidence that Ukraine is really on the brink
- Although the U.S. president will try to bully Ukraine into accepting Russia’s terms, there is no evidence that Ukraine is really on the brink
- No one in the European Union’s defence ministries believe that Washington would risk a nuclear war to defend European cities.
- No one in the European Union’s defence ministries believe that Washington would risk a nuclear war to defend European cities.
- No one in the European Union’s defence ministries believe that Washington would risk a nuclear war to defend European cities.
- Three decades after the end of apartheid the average white South African still has 20 times the wealth of the average Black South African.

- Three decades after the end of apartheid the average white South African still has 20 times the wealth of the average Black South African.
- Three decades after the end of apartheid the average white South African still has 20 times the wealth of the average Black South African.

- Both confrontations were set off by mass murders by terrorists whose goal was to start a war that drew the world’s attention back to
- Both confrontations were set off by mass murders by terrorists whose goal was to start a war that drew the world’s attention back to
- Both confrontations were set off by mass murders by terrorists whose goal was to start a war that drew the world’s attention back to
- Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
- Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
- Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
- America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries.
- America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries.
- America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries.
- India has also worked to keep the level of violence down, even though the basic relationship is one of mutual hatred with religious overtones.

- India has also worked to keep the level of violence down, even though the basic relationship is one of mutual hatred with religious overtones.
- India has also worked to keep the level of violence down, even though the basic relationship is one of mutual hatred with religious overtones.

- A measure of how Trumpism does in the export market will be found in the other parts of the ‘Anglosphere,' and happily there are
- A measure of how Trumpism does in the export market will be found in the other parts of the ‘Anglosphere,' and happily there are
- A measure of how Trumpism does in the export market will be found in the other parts of the ‘Anglosphere,' and happily there are
- There are 55 countries in Africa, and but only two have open wars. Even that many nations are not nearly enough to provide each
- There are 55 countries in Africa, and but only two have open wars. Even that many nations are not nearly enough to provide each
- There are 55 countries in Africa, and but only two have open wars. Even that many nations are not nearly enough to provide each