Global Affairs
- Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
- Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
- Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
- All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
- All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
- All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
- The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
- The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
- The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
- This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere.
- This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere.
- This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere.
- 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
- Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then
- Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then
- Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then
- The dawning realization that genteel poverty is probably the future for most Chinese, combined with the reality of an all-powerful state that seeks to
- The dawning realization that genteel poverty is probably the future for most Chinese, combined with the reality of an all-powerful state that seeks to
- The dawning realization that genteel poverty is probably the future for most Chinese, combined with the reality of an all-powerful state that seeks to
- A former Russian president's prediction that European Union citizens, deprived of the Russian gas that normally supplied about 40 per cent of their energy,
- A former Russian president's prediction that European Union citizens, deprived of the Russian gas that normally supplied about 40 per cent of their energy,
- A former Russian president's prediction that European Union citizens, deprived of the Russian gas that normally supplied about 40 per cent of their energy,
- Sue Gray’s civil service exit to take the job as Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff caused shock and horror throughout Whitehall.
- Sue Gray’s civil service exit to take the job as Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff caused shock and horror throughout Whitehall.
- Sue Gray’s civil service exit to take the job as Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff caused shock and horror throughout Whitehall.
- The current sequence of atrocities and counter-atrocities began with a big Israeli raid in the Palestinian city of Nablus last week.
- The current sequence of atrocities and counter-atrocities began with a big Israeli raid in the Palestinian city of Nablus last week.
- The current sequence of atrocities and counter-atrocities began with a big Israeli raid in the Palestinian city of Nablus last week.
- Nobody wants to restrict new drug research, but let's think about how to control access to certain machine-learning models, public databases, and chemical synthesis
- Nobody wants to restrict new drug research, but let's think about how to control access to certain machine-learning models, public databases, and chemical synthesis
- Nobody wants to restrict new drug research, but let's think about how to control access to certain machine-learning models, public databases, and chemical synthesis
- LONDON, U.K.—There is something wrong with Nigeria. It is Africa’s most populous country, with one-fifth of the continent’s entire population (200 million). It is
- LONDON, U.K.—There is something wrong with Nigeria. It is Africa’s most populous country, with one-fifth of the continent’s entire population (200 million). It is
- LONDON, U.K.—There is something wrong with Nigeria. It is Africa’s most populous country, with one-fifth of the continent’s entire population (200 million). It is
- NATO’s objective in helping Ukraine should be to see the country entirely freed from Russian rule simply because that is what international law requires.
- NATO’s objective in helping Ukraine should be to see the country entirely freed from Russian rule simply because that is what international law requires.
- NATO’s objective in helping Ukraine should be to see the country entirely freed from Russian rule simply because that is what international law requires.
- Politicians and developers have a mutually beneficial relationship in most countries, but Turkey is special.
- Politicians and developers have a mutually beneficial relationship in most countries, but Turkey is special.
- Politicians and developers have a mutually beneficial relationship in most countries, but Turkey is special.
- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has constructed a stable all-right-wing coalition that is durable and radical because he was compelled to bring in previously
- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has constructed a stable all-right-wing coalition that is durable and radical because he was compelled to bring in previously
- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has constructed a stable all-right-wing coalition that is durable and radical because he was compelled to bring in previously
