| 29-Oct-2023
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Israel faces agonising choices in the battle for Gaza |
But with Hamas in charge there can be no peace process
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| 2-Nov-2023
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The world economy is defying gravity. That cannot last |
Threats abound, including higher-for-longer interest rates
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Britain’s prisons show up wider flaws in government |
The entire criminal-justice system is under strain
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Why the rules on embryo experiments should be loosened |
Lifting the 14-day rule would help researchers understand how organs develop
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| 2-Nov-2023
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How to stop turmeric from killing people |
Developing countries—especially India—should learn from Bangladesh
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Trump’s tariff plans would be disastrous for America and the world |
You may think his worst ideas won’t get far. Sadly, on trade he has been singularly influential
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Why Israel must fight on |
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is taking a terrible toll. But unless Hamas’s power is broken, peace will remain out of reach
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| 8-Nov-2023
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Time to take a wrecking ball to realtors’ fees in America |
A court case is a first step to ending a racket
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| 9-Nov-2023
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How scary is China? |
America must understand China’s weaknesses as well as its strengths
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| 9-Nov-2023
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The dawn of the omnistar |
How artificial intelligence will transform fame
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| 9-Nov-2023
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More welcoming migration policies require borders that are secure |
Let more people in legally, swiftly exclude those who come illegally
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| 9-Nov-2023
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How to fix Britain’s legislative problems |
Parliament is failing at its most basic function—scrutinising laws
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| 9-Nov-2023
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Giorgia Meloni’s “mother of all reforms” is a power grab |
Italians should reject their prime minister’s demagogic proposal
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| 16-Nov-2023
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The rights and wrongs of Israel and Hamas at al-Shifa hospital |
Why Israel must meet and exceed the requirements of the laws of war
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| 16-Nov-2023
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Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024 |
What his victory in America’s election would mean
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| 16-Nov-2023
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Will Japan rediscover its dynamism? |
Rising prices and animal spirits give it a long-awaited opportunity
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| 16-Nov-2023
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If Labour is to succeed in power, it must fix the Treasury |
The finance ministry protects the country from disaster—but also holds it back
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| 16-Nov-2023
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To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded |
Too much of researchers’ time is spent filling in forms
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| 16-Nov-2023
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The world is ignoring war, genocide and famine in Sudan |
America is distracted, the UN is not interested
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| 20-Nov-2023
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In Argentina Javier Milei faces an economic crisis |
The radical libertarian is taking over a country on the brink
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| 22-Nov-2023
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Britain’s autumn statement got business taxes right |
It also cynically handed out an illusory windfall
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| 22-Nov-2023
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The fallout from the weirdness at OpenAI |
Sam Altman is set to return, but the episode holds some disturbing lessons
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| 23-Nov-2023
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Lessons from the ascent of the United Arab Emirates |
How to thrive in a fractured world
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| 23-Nov-2023
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Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real |
And the world needs to learn from it
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| 29-Nov-2023
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How America should manage the next stage of the Gaza war |
For the sake of Israel and a two-state solution, America has to get tougher with its ally
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| 30-Nov-2023
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A new age of the worker will overturn conventional thinking |
Around the rich world, wage gaps are shrinking
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| 30-Nov-2023
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Putin seems to be winning the war in Ukraine—for now |
His biggest asset is Europe’s lack of strategic vision
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| 30-Nov-2023
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What does Henry Kissinger’s diplomacy have to teach the world? |
A grasp of the subtle interplay between interests, values and the use of force is still useful
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| 30-Nov-2023
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Germany is in a bizarre fiscal mess of its own making |
Three steps to resolve the fiscal panic
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| 30-Nov-2023
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What the world must do to tame methane |
The world needs a deal during COP28 to limit a nasty source of emissions
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| 2-Dec-2023
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Rainforests provide a public good. The world should pay to conserve them |
An ambitious Brazilian plan launched at the COP could help
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| 5-Dec-2023
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Covid-19 was a disaster for the world’s schoolchildren |
The costs of wasting brainpower are huge
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| 6-Dec-2023
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A messy contest is coming to a head behind Donald Trump |
Our poll tracker sheds light on that competition. It may yet matter
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| 7-Dec-2023
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Bashing hedge funds that trade Treasuries could cost taxpayers money |
Why fears about the “basis trade” are overblown
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| 7-Dec-2023
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How to stop over-medicalising mental health |
What the world could learn from Britain’s flawed approach
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| 7-Dec-2023
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Israel and Palestine: How peace is possible |
A peace process can go wrong in many ways, but a real possibility exists that it could go right
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| 7-Dec-2023
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Green protectionism will slow the energy transition |
Expanding renewable-power capacity is becoming ever harder
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| 8-Dec-2023
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Why Europe is particularly good at big science |
CERN and the Very Large Telescope may be European successes. But there is bounty to share
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| 12-Dec-2023
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Britain’s Parliament should have killed Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill |
A bad law to deliver a bad policy is too high a price for Tory unity
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| 13-Dec-2023
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In a first, COP28 targets the root cause of climate change |
Now to turn diplomacy into action
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| 13-Dec-2023
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The Fed gives in to the clamour for looser money |
Its doveish policymaking looks premature—and leaves Europe’s central banks in an awkward spot
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| 14-Dec-2023
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Can you have a healthy democracy without a common set of facts? |
America’s presidential election is a test of that proposition
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| 14-Dec-2023
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Rishi Sunak’s strategic genius |
The Rwanda policy is bad. But the Conservatives are the real problem
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| 14-Dec-2023
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London’s resilience is a lesson to policymakers everywhere |
The virtues of services, scale and immigration are on full display
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| 14-Dec-2023
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Iran’s regime is weaker than it looks, and therefore more pliable |
America should deter it from escalating the Gaza war, but also engage with it
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| 18-Dec-2023
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Why Congo’s chaotic election matters |
The country is a vortex of instability at the heart of Africa
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| 19-Dec-2023
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The US Navy confronts a new Suez crisis |
Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten global trade
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| 20-Dec-2023
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Technology is helping Santa Claus come to town more efficiently |
A letter to shareholders of Father Christmas Global Inc
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| 20-Dec-2023
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The Economist’s country of the year for 2023 |
It is possible to enact painful economic reforms and still get re-elected
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| 20-Dec-2023
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Economists had a dreadful 2023 |
Mistaken recession calls were just part of it
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| 20-Dec-2023
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How to detoxify the politics of migration |
Doom-mongers on both the left and the right are wrong
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| 3-Jan-2024
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Binyamin Netanyahu is botching the war. Time to sack him |
To be safe, Israel needs new leadership
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| 4-Jan-2024
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The man supposed to stop Donald Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old |
In failing to look past Joe Biden, Democrats have shown cowardice and complacency
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| 4-Jan-2024
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Can India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia be the next great economies? |
Several countries are making bold—and risky—bets on growth
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| 4-Jan-2024
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Is America’s raging bull market exhausted, or taking a breath? |
Investors have a slight hangover
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| 4-Jan-2024
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How backing Ukraine is key to the West’s security |
And why its leaders need to start saying so
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| 10-Jan-2024
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“No-strings giving” is transforming philanthropy |
The rich can donate their money quickly and wisely
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| 11-Jan-2024
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An influx of Chinese cars is terrifying the West |
But it should keep its markets open to cheap, clean vehicles
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| 11-Jan-2024
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How to cut through the cacophony over DEI |
Outrage on right and left obscures both the costs of DEI and the benefits of diversity
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| 11-Jan-2024
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America fights back |
The war against the Houthis is part of an escalating struggle for the seas
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| 11-Jan-2024
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Why Olaf Scholz is no Angela Merkel |
Germany is unable and unwilling to lead Europe
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| 18-Jan-2024
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Donald Trump is winning. Business, beware |
What a second term would mean for American business and the economy
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| 18-Jan-2024
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How America accidentally made a free-money machine for banks |
The Federal Reserve should switch it off
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| 18-Jan-2024
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Narendra Modi’s illiberalism may imperil India’s economic progress |
Fulfilling his great-power dream requires restraint, not abandon
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| 18-Jan-2024
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AI-generated content is raising the value of trust |
Who did the posting will soon matter more than what was posted
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| 18-Jan-2024
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Charging Israel with genocide makes a mockery of the ICJ |
And it diverts attention from the real humanitarian crisis in Gaza
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| 24-Jan-2024
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Giorgia Meloni’s not-so-scary right-wing government |
Liberal fears have so far proved overblown
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| 25-Jan-2024
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The risks to global finance from private equity’s insurance binge |
Funding pensions with private assets holds promise—but needs scrutiny
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| 25-Jan-2024
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African governments are using courts to sway elections |
The abuse of judiciaries is harming democracy. Here’s how to stop it
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| 25-Jan-2024
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AI holds tantalising promise for the emerging world |
It could help boost human capital, and ultimately growth
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| 25-Jan-2024
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How the border could cost Biden the election |
To keep Trump out of power, the Democrats need to make an offer on immigration policy
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| 25-Jan-2024
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Vietnam needs a new leader |
Doubts about the health of Nguyen Phu Trong have become a political liability
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| 1-Feb-2024
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Egypt doesn’t deserve a bail-out, but should get one |
The Middle East cannot afford the collapse of its most populous country
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| 1-Feb-2024
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How to end the Middle East’s agony |
War is spreading across the region. There is an alternative
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| 1-Feb-2024
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The end of the social network |
As Facebook turns 20, social apps are being transformed
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| 1-Feb-2024
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How to fix British defence |
It needs more money and more people, but also reform
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| 1-Feb-2024
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The evidence in favour of charter schools in America has strengthened |
Meanwhile, both parties have run away from them
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| 2-Feb-2024
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Gangsters in El Salvador are terrified of strongman Nayib Bukele |
He protects citizens from crime. But who will protect them from him?
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| 7-Feb-2024
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House Republicans are helping Vladimir Putin |
Their cynicism over Ukraine weakens America and makes the world less safe
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| 8-Feb-2024
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Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future |
They are reshaping the balance between humans and technology in war
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| 8-Feb-2024
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Has Xi Jinping lost control of the markets? |
As a property crisis drags the economy into deflation, confidence is seeping away
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| 8-Feb-2024
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What Jokowi’s inglorious exit means for Indonesia |
The outgoing president is playing kingmaker to a controversial ex-general
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| 8-Feb-2024
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Donald Tusk tries to restore Poland’s rule of law |
Repairing the damage done by the last government will take grit and patience
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| 8-Feb-2024
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The dismissal of Valery Zaluzhny is a crucial new phase in the war |
Unfortunately, President Zelensky risks getting it wrong
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| 12-Feb-2024
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Europe must hurry to defend itself against Russia—and Donald Trump |
The ex-president’s invitation to Vladimir Putin to attack American allies is an assault on NATO. Ultimately, that is bad for America
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| 13-Feb-2024
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Another bank subsidy America should kill off |
The Federal Home Loan Banks offer loans to Wall Street that are too cheap
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| 14-Feb-2024
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Pakistan is out of friends and out of money |
A botched election and an economic crisis show how low it has fallen
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| 15-Feb-2024
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The growing peril of national conservatism |
It’s dangerous and it’s spreading. Liberals need to find a way to stop it
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| 15-Feb-2024
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As San Francisco builds the future of technology, can it rebuild itself? |
People feared a doom loop. Reality has been more surprising
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| 15-Feb-2024
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How not to do a megaproject |
The lessons of HS2 for Britain and beyond
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| 15-Feb-2024
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A new answer to the biggest climate conundrum |
Will electrification of industry live up to its promise?
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| 16-Feb-2024
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What Navalny’s death means for Russia, Putin and the world |
Fear and greed drive Russia’s regime. The opposition leader struck at both
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| 21-Feb-2024
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Sanctions are not the way to fight Vladimir Putin |
There is no substitute for military aid to Ukraine
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| 22-Feb-2024
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Do not expect America’s interest rates to fall just yet |
The risk of a second wave of inflation remains too great
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| 22-Feb-2024
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Europe is caught between Putin and Trump |
Russian aggression and American wavering reveal how ill-equipped Europe is
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| 22-Feb-2024
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How to prevent another catastrophic regional war in Congo |
The world needs to press Rwanda to pull back its forces
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| 22-Feb-2024
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The world needs more critical minerals. Governments are not helping |
Just obtaining a permit takes a remarkably long time
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| 26-Feb-2024
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The perils of a Le Pen presidency |
Even three years out, the prospect is alarming
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| 28-Feb-2024
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How to put Russia’s frozen assets to work for Ukraine |
Exploit them to the full, but legally
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| 28-Feb-2024
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How to build a British voter |
Labour is assembling an electoral coalition that is young and broad, but volatile too
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| 29-Feb-2024
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To see India’s future, go south |
The country’s regional division could make it—or break it
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| 29-Feb-2024
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A golden age for stockmarkets is drawing to a close |
Share prices may be surging, but even AI is unlikely to drive a repeat of the past decade’s performance
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| 29-Feb-2024
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Fentanyl cannot be defeated without new tactics |
Suppression works even less well than with other narcotics
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| 29-Feb-2024
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Autocracies are exporting autocracy to their diasporas |
The new danger from transnational repression
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| 6-Mar-2024
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Xi Jinping’s hunger for power is hurting China’s economy |
A new economic plan won’t end deflation, even as he sidelines his prime minister
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| 6-Mar-2024
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Britain’s budget cuts taxes on the promise of productivity gains |
Jeremy Hunt has got it the wrong way round
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| 7-Mar-2024
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Three big risks that might tip America’s presidential election |
Third parties, the Trump trials and the candidates’ age introduce a high degree of uncertainty
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| 7-Mar-2024
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A frenzy of innovation in obesity drugs is under way |
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are printing money now. But they will not be a stagnant duopoly
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| 7-Mar-2024
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How to fix the Ivy League |
Its supremacy is being undermined by bad leadership
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| 12-Mar-2024
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Time for TikTok to cut its ties to China |
To stay on Western screens, the video app needs new owners
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| 14-Mar-2024
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America’s extraordinary economy keeps defying the pessimists |
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have ideas that endanger it
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| 14-Mar-2024
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Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine |
The West must show its enemy is Vladimir Putin, not 143m ordinary Russians
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| 14-Mar-2024
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Making sense of the gulf between young men and women |
It’s complicated. But better schooling for boys might help
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| 14-Mar-2024
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The Gulf’s scramble for Africa is reshaping the continent |
Its increased influence brings economic rewards and political risks
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| 14-Mar-2024
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Oil’s endgame could be highly disruptive |
The oil shocks of the future will be driven by demand, not supply
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| 19-Mar-2024
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Why Japan’s economy remains a warning to others |
Low real rates, low growth and high debts are not going away
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| 20-Mar-2024
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America’s Supreme Court should reject the challenge to abortion drugs |
The case against mail-order mifepristone is legally and medically spurious
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| 21-Mar-2024
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Britain is the best place in Europe to be an immigrant |
What other countries can learn from its example
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| 21-Mar-2024
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At a moment of military might, Israel looks deeply vulnerable |
America should help it find a better strategy
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| 21-Mar-2024
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The hidden costs of Biden’s steel protectionism |
Uncertain political benefits do not justify the president’s vetoing a Japanese takeover of US Steel
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| 25-Mar-2024
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Why XL Bully dogs should be banned everywhere |
Big, strong and bred to kill, they are too dangerous to live with people
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| 27-Mar-2024
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The triple shock facing Europe’s economy |
After the energy crisis, Europe faces surging Chinese imports and the threat of Trump tariffs
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| 27-Mar-2024
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The AI doctor will see you…eventually |
Artificial intelligence holds huge promise in health care. But it also faces massive barriers
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| 27-Mar-2024
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Some advice to the corporate world’s know-it-alls |
With growth slowing, consulting firms like McKinsey need some counsel of their own
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| 27-Mar-2024
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The looming threat from Antarctica |
A big thaw will have unexpected consequences for the rest of the world
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| 27-Mar-2024
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Russia is gearing up for a big new push along a long front line |
Ukraine must prepare
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| 30-Mar-2024
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It’s time to curb triple-digit inflation |
The use of abbreviations has gone too far
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| 3-Apr-2024
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Central banks have spent down their credibility |
That will make inflation trickier to handle in future
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| 4-Apr-2024
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Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation |
It will disappoint China’s people and anger the rest of the world
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| 4-Apr-2024
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Beware a world without American power |
Donald Trump’s threat to dump allies would risk a nuclear free-for-all
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| 4-Apr-2024
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A chilling near-miss shows how today’s digital infrastructure is vulnerable |
This is how to protect the internet from malicious attacks
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| 4-Apr-2024
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What Boeing, Disney and others can learn from General Electric |
Lessons from the tenure of Larry Culp
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| 10-Apr-2024
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America should follow England’s lead on transgender care for kids |
Its approach is neither as harsh as in red states nor as lax as in blue states
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| 11-Apr-2024
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Global warming is coming for your home |
Who will pay for the damage?
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| 11-Apr-2024
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The rights and wrongs of assisted dying |
Britain’s next great social reform is coming. Here’s how it should work
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| 11-Apr-2024
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In praise of Peter Higgs |
The particle named after him became a selling point. For the man, it was a bit of a pain
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| 11-Apr-2024
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The short-sighted Israeli army |
Force alone cannot bring security
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| 11-Apr-2024
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True swing voters are extraordinarily rare in America |
We have found some
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| 12-Apr-2024
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How to locate the global south |
How a fuzzy, scorned term reflects geopolitical shifts
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| 17-Apr-2024
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America’s interest rates are unlikely to fall this year |
That will squeeze financial markets and the world economy
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| 18-Apr-2024
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z |
They are not doomed to be poor and anxious
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| 18-Apr-2024
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran |
Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint
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| 18-Apr-2024
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India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition |
The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election
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| 18-Apr-2024
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How to get more people into military uniforms |
Why mandatory military service makes sense for some countries but not others
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| 18-Apr-2024
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America’s moves against Chinese biotech will hurt patients at home |
The motives behind the BIOSECURE act are muddy
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| 20-Apr-2024
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine |
Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains
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| 24-Apr-2024
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals |
The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up
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| 24-Apr-2024
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America’s latest aid will give Ukraine only a temporary reprieve |
The bitterness of the struggle in Washington is a sign of trouble ahead
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| 25-Apr-2024
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How strong is India’s economy? |
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| 25-Apr-2024
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A mosquito-borne disease is spreading as the planet warms |
Dengue fever must be curbed
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| 25-Apr-2024
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Why leaving the ECHR would be a bad idea for Britain |
The next litmus test of Tory purity
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| 29-Apr-2024
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The wider lessons of Scotland’s political turmoil |
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| 30-Apr-2024
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Japan is wrong to try to prop up the yen |
Supporting the currency is expensive and futile
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| 1-May-2024
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Should American universities call the cops on protesting students? |
The principles involved in resolving campus protests are not that hard
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| 2-May-2024
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Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe |
The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning
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| 2-May-2024
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America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s |
Without good luck or a painful adjustment, the only way out will be to let inflation rip
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| 2-May-2024
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How disinformation works—and how to counter it |
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| 2-May-2024
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Why South Africans are fed up after 30 years of democracy |
After a bright start the ANC has proved incapable of governing for the whole country
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| 8-May-2024
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How to pacify the world’s most violent region |
The iron-fist approach will not solve Latin America’s gang-violence problem
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| 9-May-2024
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The liberal international order is slowly coming apart |
Its collapse could be sudden and irreversible
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| 9-May-2024
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Threats to Europe’s economy are mounting. Finance can help fortify it |
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| 9-May-2024
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What companies can expect if Labour wins Britain’s election |
The party that aspires to lead the country is courting business
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| 9-May-2024
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The world’s most improbable success story still needs to evolve |
Under Lawrence Wong, the city-state has a new chance to change
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| 9-May-2024
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How “judge-mandering” is eroding trust in America’s judiciary |
The assignment of judges to cases should be random, not political
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| 15-May-2024
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America’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs: bad policy, worse leadership |
The global trade system is disintegrating as you read this
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| 16-May-2024
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Is America dictator-proof? |
The many vulnerabilities, and enduring strengths, of America’s republic
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| 16-May-2024
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Big tech’s capex splurge may be irrationally exuberant |
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| 16-May-2024
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Xi Jinping is subtler than Vladimir Putin—yet equally disruptive |
How to deal with Chinese actions that lie between war and peace
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| 16-May-2024
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Canada’s law to help news outlets is harming them instead |
Funding journalism with cash from big tech has become a fiasco
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| 16-May-2024
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Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20th |
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| 22-May-2024
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Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news |
Whether an act of political genius or lunacy, Britons should welcome it
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| 22-May-2024
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A president’s death gives Iran’s regime a choice |
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| 23-May-2024
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Why paying women to have more babies won’t work |
Economies must adapt to baby busts instead
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| 23-May-2024
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How to save South Africa |
The rainbow nation needs an alternative to decline under the ANC
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| 23-May-2024
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What India’s clout in white-collar work means for the world |
In time its tech firms could be as formidable as China’s manufacturers
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| 23-May-2024
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The war-crimes case against the leaders of Israel and Hamas is flawed |
Politics and diplomacy, not courts, are the key to ending violence and starting two-state talks
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| 23-May-2024
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Hacking phones is too easy. Time to make it harder |
Regulators have avoided the problem for too long
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| 29-May-2024
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Incompetence or opacity: the choice facing British voters |
The first week of the election campaign points to a failure of political competition
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| 30-May-2024
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The pro-choice movement that could help Joe Biden win |
A backlash against abortion bans is energising the middle ground in America
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| 10-Oct-2024
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The front line of the tech war is in Asia |
The two superpowers are vying for influence. China will not necessarily win
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| 10-Oct-2024
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The Trumpification of American policy |
No matter who wins in November, Donald Trump has redefined both parties’ agendas
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| 10-Oct-2024
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How high could the oil price go? |
Geopolitical risk is rising. But so is the supply of oil
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| 9-Oct-2024
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How Florida should respond to Hurricane Milton |
Storms like it raise uncomfortable questions about the state’s future
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| 9-Oct-2024
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Britain should not hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius |
Once again, the Chagossians have been denied a say
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| 3-Oct-2024
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A map of a fruit fly’s brain could help us understand our own |
A miracle of complexity, powered by rotting fruit
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Dismantling Google is a terrible idea |
Despite its appeal as a political rallying cry
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Socially liberal and strong on defence, Japan’s new premier shows promise |
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| 3-Oct-2024
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The year that shattered the Middle East |
Kill or be killed is the region’s new logic. Deterrence and diplomacy would be better
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Don’t celebrate China’s stimulus just yet |
It will take more than a spectacular stockmarket rally to revive the economy
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| 26-Sep-2024
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YouTube’s do-it-yourself brigade is taking on Netflix and Disney |
Legions of self-taught film-makers are coming for the television industry
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| 26-Sep-2024
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An Israel-Hizbullah war would be a disaster for both |
Both must find a way to step back
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| 26-Sep-2024
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The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course |
Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
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| 26-Sep-2024
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If you must raise taxes, raise VAT |
Taxing consumption is economically efficient and politically possible
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| 26-Sep-2024
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The sinking feeling caused by Labour’s clumsy start |
Britain’s new government is paying for the sins of the election campaign
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| 25-Sep-2024
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How worried should Sri Lanka be about its ex-Marxist president? |
He is not as bad as he sounds. But the risk of disappointment is high
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| 30-May-2024
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The three women who will shape Europe |
At a crucial moment they encapsulate the dilemma of how to handle populism
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| 30-May-2024
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What penny-pinching baby-boomers mean for the world economy |
They are saving like never before. But even that may not bring interest rates down
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| 30-May-2024
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Japan and South Korea are getting friendlier. At last |
As the world economy fragments, two export powerhouses see the virtue of chumminess
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| 30-May-2024
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The disgrace of a former American president |
But this prosecution of Donald Trump was wrongheaded and counter-productive
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| 1-Jun-2024
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South Africa stands on the brink of salvation—or catastrophe |
To prevent a coalition of chaos, Cyril Ramaphosa and the Democratic Alliance must do a deal
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| 3-Jun-2024
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What Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory might mean for Mexico |
The next president should break with her predecessor and mentor
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| 5-Jun-2024
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A triumph for Indian democracy |
The shock election result will change the country—ultimately for the better
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| 6-Jun-2024
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America’s billionaires should resist the urge to support Donald Trump |
A Trump victory would reward them. But not enough to justify the risks
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| 6-Jun-2024
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How the Labour Party could end Britain’s stagnation |
Even if the economy peps up, taxes will have to rise
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| 6-Jun-2024
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Morena’s landslide win threatens to take Mexico down a dangerous path |
The country’s newly elected president will need to show political courage
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| 6-Jun-2024
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Three reasons why it’s good news that robots are getting smarter |
They are becoming more capable, easier to program and better at explaining themselves
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| 10-Jun-2024
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Emmanuel Macron wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole |
But he’s taking a big risk
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| 12-Jun-2024
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America seems immune to the world economy’s problems |
Elsewhere, political dysfunction and fiscal frailties are taking a toll
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| 13-Jun-2024
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How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science? |
If America wants to maintain its lead, it should focus less on keeping China down
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| 13-Jun-2024
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If a bestseller list shuns authors it dislikes, it should say so |
Bestseller lists are supposed to reflect sales, not political ideology
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| 13-Jun-2024
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A second Trump term: from unthinkable to probable |
Introducing our 2024 American election forecast model
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| 19-Jun-2024
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How to tax billionaires—and how not to |
Closing loopholes would be a better bet than a levy on unrealised capital gains
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| 19-Jun-2024
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Javier Milei’s next move could make his presidency—or break it |
Radical experiments with the currency could spell disaster
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| 20-Jun-2024
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India should liberate its cities and create more states |
It doesn’t need more government. It needs more governments
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| 20-Jun-2024
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The exponential growth of solar power will change the world |
An energy-rich future is within reach
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| 20-Jun-2024
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Emmanuel Macron’s project of reform is at risk |
A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
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| 20-Jun-2024
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AI will transform the character of warfare |
Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could also prove destabilising
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| 22-Jun-2024
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Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous |
It is also a wilful misreading of history
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| 26-Jun-2024
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Simple steps to stop people dying from heatwaves |
As much of the world roasts, don’t despair
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| 27-Jun-2024
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Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime minister |
Why Labour must form the next government
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| 27-Jun-2024
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Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away |
After the election, populists of the right and left could hobble a centrist president
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| 27-Jun-2024
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LLMs now write lots of science. Good |
Easier and more lucid writing will make science faster and better
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| 27-Jun-2024
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A pivotal moment for China’s Communist Party |
Will Xi Jinping keep ignoring good advice at the party’s third plenum?
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| 27-Jun-2024
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What to make of Joe Biden’s plans for a second term |
His domestic agenda is underwhelming, unrealistic and better than the alternative
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| 28-Jun-2024
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Joe Biden should now give way to an alternative candidate |
His last and greatest political act would help rescue America from an emergency
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| 4-Jul-2024
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Why Biden must withdraw |
The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise
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| 4-Jul-2024
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Central banks are winning the battle against inflation. But the war is just getting started |
Politics and protectionism will make life difficult
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| 4-Jul-2024
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Hizbullah poses a grave threat to Israel |
But a war right now would be disastrous
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| 4-Jul-2024
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As Amazon turns 30, three factors will define its next decade |
It will have to deal with trustbusters, catch up on AI and revive its core business
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| 4-Jul-2024
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How spies should use technology |
Digital tools are transforming spycraft, but won’t replace human agents
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| 4-Jul-2024
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How to Trump-proof America’s alliances |
An essential step will be to let Ukraine into NATO
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| 5-Jul-2024
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Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment |
A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution
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| 10-Jul-2024
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The French far right may not have peaked |
After winning 32% of the vote in parliamentary elections it will eye the presidency
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| 11-Jul-2024
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How to raise the world’s IQ |
Simple ways to make the next generation more intelligent
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| 11-Jul-2024
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How to prevent strongmen from hijacking the fight against dodgy money |
Egypt, India and Turkey are regular abusers
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| 11-Jul-2024
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Britain’s skewed election reinforces the case for voting reform. After 2029 |
The new government has more important things to deal with first
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| 11-Jul-2024
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Faddish thinking is hobbling education in the rich world |
Test scores have been stagnant or worse for more than a decade
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| 14-Jul-2024
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Now wake the brave |
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| 14-Jul-2024
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Fortunately, Donald Trump’s would-be killer failed. What next? |
Politicians should try to lower the political temperature
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| 17-Jul-2024
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Millions of birds have died. How to stop humans dying, too |
As isolated human cases of H5N1 emerge, now is the time to prepare
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Euphoric markets are ignoring growing political risks |
Investors’ exuberance in the face of political ructions is unlikely to pay off
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| 18-Jul-2024
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How Labour should reform Britain’s overstuffed prisons |
With no room for new prisoners, something has to change
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| 18-Jul-2024
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To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending |
Investors have started to worry
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Gaza could become “Mogadishu on the Med” |
Even if there is a ceasefire, its prospects are grim
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Where would Donald Trump and J.D. Vance take America? |
The anti-globalist MAGA enthusiast is more consequential than the average veep pick
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| 21-Jul-2024
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Joe Biden has given Democrats a second chance to win the White House |
If they are not to squander it, they must have a proper contest
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| 24-Jul-2024
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MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar |
It is hard to cast America as a victim of the global financial system
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| 25-Jul-2024
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Can Kamala Harris win? |
Joe Biden’s vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb
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| 25-Jul-2024
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A global gold rush is changing sport |
Fans may be cooling on the Olympics, but elsewhere technology is transforming how sport is watched
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| 25-Jul-2024
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How to ensure Africa is not left behind by the AI revolution |
Weak digital infrastructure is holding the continent back
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| 25-Jul-2024
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Germany’s failure to lead the EU is becoming a problem |
A weak chancellor and coalition rows are to blame
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| 31-Jul-2024
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Can Nicolás Maduro be stopped from stealing Venezuela’s election? |
Peaceful protests and judicious diplomacy offer some hope
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| 31-Jul-2024
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The Middle East must step back from the brink |
That still means starting with a ceasefire in Gaza
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| 1-Aug-2024
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Chinese companies are winning the global south |
Their expansion abroad holds important lessons for Western incumbents
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| 1-Aug-2024
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Genomic medicines can cost $3m a dose. How to make them affordable |
The treatments are marvels of innovation. Their pricing must be inventive, too
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| 1-Aug-2024
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How to make tourism work for locals and visitors alike |
Holidays don’t have to be hell
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| 1-Aug-2024
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Is the big state back in Britain? |
The risk is not too much interventionism, but too little audacity
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| 4-Aug-2024
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How to respond to the riots on Britain’s streets |
The violence demands robust policing, but it also requires cool heads
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| 7-Aug-2024
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Is Tim Walz the right vice-presidential running-mate for Kamala Harris? |
Progressives like him, but the presidential candidate will need to find ways to win over moderates
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| 7-Aug-2024
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Banning the opposition won’t save Thailand’s unpopular regime |
Once again, the army pretends its critics are anti-royal
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| 8-Aug-2024
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How to respond to the riots in Britain |
Punish the thugs. Stand up for immigration. And improve local services
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Bangladesh has ousted an autocrat. Now for the hard part |
A caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, must try to rebuild democracy
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Will America’s economy swing the election? |
It is not entering recession, but it is slowing down. That is bad news for Kamala Harris
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Why Ethiopia and Nigeria must press on with reforms |
Currency liberalisation alone is not enough
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| 14-Aug-2024
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The rights, wrongs and risks of Ukraine’s Kursk incursion |
Ukrainian forces should be careful not to overreach
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| 15-Aug-2024
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Our forecast puts Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck |
We relaunch our presidential-election model for a transformed race
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| 15-Aug-2024
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Reluctantly, America eyes building more nuclear weapons |
The superpower faces more adversaries, new technologies and less-confident allies
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| 15-Aug-2024
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Time to shine a light on the shadowy carry trade |
Transparency will help to avoid financial blow-ups
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| 15-Aug-2024
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America is sabotaging itself in the global battle for talent |
Some countries are much more serious about attracting the highly skilled
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. But how would she govern? |
Being a politician is about more than campaigning. More policy detail is needed
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| 22-Aug-2024
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How to attract Indian tourists |
Destinations are competing for the travelling rupee
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| 22-Aug-2024
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What to make of America’s topsy-turvy economy |
Don’t panic just yet
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Regulators are focusing on real AI risks over theoretical ones. Good |
Rules on safety may one day be needed. But not yet
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Countries should act faster to curb the spread of mpox |
The slower the response, the more people will die
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| 28-Aug-2024
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Why inflation fell without a recession |
High interest rates, not the passage of time, have restored price stability
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem |
It could kill millions—and spread chaos across Africa and the Middle East
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| 29-Aug-2024
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People should be paid for blood plasma |
Shortages are hampering the production of essential medicines
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Donald Trump’s promise of “mass deportation” is unworkable |
Yet he could cause serious harm by trying
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Digital twins are fast becoming part of everyday life |
Welcome to the mirror world
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| 3-Sep-2024
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As Brazil bans Elon Musk’s X, who will speak up for free speech? |
Free expression has become a culture war, and those who should defend it are staying quiet
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| 4-Sep-2024
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How to deal with the hard-right threat in Germany |
As extremists win more votes across Europe, forming moderate and effective governments is getting harder
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| 5-Sep-2024
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What to do about America’s killer cars |
The country’s roads are nearly twice as dangerous as the rich-world average. It doesn’t have to be that way
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| 5-Sep-2024
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The real problem with China’s economy |
The country risks making some of the mistakes the Soviet Union did
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| 5-Sep-2024
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A make-or-break moment for Mexico |
In America’s biggest trading partner the rule of law and democracy are under attack
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| 5-Sep-2024
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The Labour government’s worrying lack of ambition in Europe |
Sir Keir Starmer is trapped by the mindset of the post-Brexit years
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| 10-Sep-2024
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Mario Draghi’s best ideas are those Europe finds least comfortable |
The danger is that it picks the easy ones
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| 11-Sep-2024
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Nigeria’s catastrophic fuel crisis has a straightforward solution |
How to scrap a popular yet ruinous subsidy
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| 12-Sep-2024
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America’s election is mired in conflict |
Donald Trump’s conspiracy machine is already gearing up for election night
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| 12-Sep-2024
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How to finish Japan’s business revolution |
Tokyo-listed companies have become more friendly to shareholders, but the job is only half-done
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| 12-Sep-2024
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More storms are brewing in the South China Sea |
A dangerous new stage in the conflict is beginning
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| 18-Sep-2024
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Britain should let university tuition fees rise |
Domestic students have been paying less in real terms every year
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| 19-Sep-2024
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How the world’s poor stopped catching up |
Progress stalled around 2015. To restart it, liberalise
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| 19-Sep-2024
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The breakthrough AI needs |
A race is on to push artificial intelligence beyond today’s limits
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| 19-Sep-2024
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After peak woke, what next? |
The influence of a set of illiberal ideas is waning. That creates an opportunity
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| 19-Sep-2024
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Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles |
Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate
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