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Monday 05/November/2018 14:43 PM

The Brexitization of European politics

Far from settling the question of the United Kingdom’s future, the 2016 Brexit referendum and subsequent negotiations with the European Union have...

Sunday 04/November/2018 14:40 PM

Winter is coming to the UK

The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union is rapidly unravelling. The “Chequers plan” upon which British Prime Minister Theresa May has...

Sunday 04/November/2018 14:38 PM

Exposing China’s overseas lending

Over the past 15 years, China has fueled one of the most dramatic and geographically far-reaching surges in official peacetime lending in history. More than...

Sunday 04/November/2018 14:35 PM

The promise of AI in the developing world

A common misperception among observers of digital trends is that consumers in developing countries do not benefit from advances in technology. Whether it is...

Sunday 04/November/2018 14:33 PM

How Trump is helping China

The Sino-American trade war, initiated early this year by US President Donald Trump’s administration, is escalating rapidly. Already, the Trump...

Saturday 03/November/2018 14:43 PM

Europe’s coming year of reckoning

Politically, 2019 will be an extraordinarily important year for the European Union. The United Kingdom is currently on track to leave the EU on March 29,...

Saturday 03/November/2018 14:41 PM

The new tyranny of the dollar

Donald Trump may not want to launch wars in the Middle East, but that doesn’t mean he’s getting the United States out of the regime-change business. His...

Saturday 03/November/2018 14:40 PM

America’s self-defeating China policy

Trade tariffs may be getting the most attention, but the conflict between the United States and China is actually being fought on multiple fronts, including...

Saturday 03/November/2018 14:37 PM

America’s midterm elections turn menacing

With the approach of this year’s midterm elections in the United States, domestic terrorism is starting to dominate the political landscape. First, barely...

Wednesday 31/October/2018 14:52 PM

The green lobby’s misdirected anger

In August, when US President Donald Trump proposed to freeze fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks, environmentalists and their supporters were...