How China sees the trade war
Beijing will seek friends in defence of globalisation and the other mantras Xi likes to unroll
World
Wednesday
Monday
Brexit: a beginner’s guide
Americans often ask me ‘what is happening?’ in British politics at the moment. Well, here is my answer…
Sunday
North Korea can host the Hunger Games
The modern Olympics give fool’s gold to despots and dictators
Friday
Can nationalists of the world unite?
Interests, not ideologies, seem to be the driving force behind nationalist movements worldwide
Thursday
Putin is at it again – this time with the midterms
If both Republicans and Democrats are being targeted, that’s because Putin doesn’t care who wins
Tuesday
Selling Europe’s new Muslim vote
Electoral fraud in Botkyrka would have changed the result
Thursday
Macron vs Salvini: the ideological battle for Europe’s future
Personal antipathy between the two men is turning into a contest for European hearts and minds
Thursday
The anti-Brexit movement has one big advantage: their opponents are in disarray
Behind the bid to stop Brexit lies a sense of clarity
Sweden’s political panic attack
As violent crime soars, the Sweden Democrats gain support
Tuesday
Fact check: Charlie Kirk’s beloved US-UK violent crime stat
The result may surprise you
Wednesday
What will Michael Cohen tell the FBI now?
As Manafort faces life in jail, he must regret not flipping on his old boss. Cohen did not make that mistake
Tuesday
How important is Christopher Steele’s libel win against the owners of a Russian bank?
It is a well-known tactic of oligarchs to use the courts to try to silence critics
Why ‘we’ got Turkey wrong (and China. And Russia. And Iraq)
Another foreign policy item bites the dust
Monday
Fact check: New York Times’s London foodie ‘knowledge’
You’d think they would have learned after last time…
Monday
What if the dreaded ‘pee tape’ is real?
A small-town Colorado newspaper may have stumbled on news of Trump’s kompromat.
Monday
How blockchain can beat state censorship
Information which might otherwise have been lost in the ether now lives on in an all-but indestructible form.
Thursday
Why America’s détente with Putin makes Belarus nervous
‘If we don’t survive these years, if we will fail, it means we will have to become part of some other state, or they will simply wipe their feet on us.’
Macron’s summer of discontent
The President of France’s biggest enemy is himself, as his personal style is getting up the noses of many French people
Wednesday
America, meet Tommy Robinson – if you must
The Cary Grant of the alt-right?
Tuesday
‘Has mom been tested for STDs?’ The Manaforts’ home life and why it matters
Hacked text messages containing several damaging stories about the former campaign manager can now be viewed by anyone with an internet connection
