World
Boris gets Biden’s first European call
The pair’s relationship has gotten off to a promising start
The unbearable niceness of Canadians is driving us to destruction
We have become too polite for our own good
Why Japan’s new PM is desperate for the Olympics to go ahead
It is debatable whether the Japanese public cares all that much if the games go ahead or not
In praise of Big Pharma
With a safe effective vaccine, a world that has been plunged into chaos can start getting back to normal
Joe Biden and the weaponization of Ireland
The President-elect’s Irish games could seriously harm Anglo-Irish relations
Europe’s cowardly response to terror
It says much about the endemic moral cowardice of Europe that Emmanuel Macron is being hailed as the savior of…
Emmanuel Macron’s Trumpian transformation
The French president’s retreat into the Trumpian promotion of the nation state continues unabated
Berlin is banking on Biden
Chancellor Merkel and her German officials have been put off by Trump’s erratic behavior
Britain may benefit from a Biden presidency
Biden fiercely opposed Brexit and those around him, like many on the American left, look to London and see a mini-Trump
Europe’s cities are becoming a refuge for Islamist extremists
That same, inseparable liberty to offend is also what allows European Muslims to thrive as citizens and believers
The best response to Islamism is Christianity
Christian freedom of conscience results in the value of free speech; to say what is in our minds and hearts
France vs Islamism: how does Macron hope to prosecute his war?
With the Revolution, France replaced worship of God with its own holy trinity: liberté, egalité and fraternité
American carnage suits Putin perfectly
From the Kremlin point of view, achieving a particular outcome is less important than spreading fear and doubt
France is under attack because of its culture, not its cartoons
Unable to cut the metaphorical tongues of the French, Islamists are literally cutting their heads in an attempt to terrify them into submission
Life, liberty and the pursuit of laïcité
Why American liberals blame the victims of terror
Poland’s All Saints’ Day traditions are at risk
Poland’s prime minister announced Friday that graveyards would be locked
France must define its values so it can defend them
Christian minorities generally have been forsaken by Western governments and their media
Macron’s France is fearful and angry
The French president cannot fathom an ideology that brooks no compromise
It’s time to expel Turkey from Nato
Turkey is making fewer attempts to disguise its increasingly Islamist and authoritarian tendencies
What Trump can learn from Boris in fighting fake news
Britain sends a clear picture to foreign adversaries about the costs of their online influence campaigns
How Macron reacts to the Nice attack will be critical
France is at a tipping point
Erdogan’s game: why Turkey has turned against the West
The Turkish president carefully plays Russia against Europe and the US to channel Turkey’s needs
Bangkok’s unraveling was easy to see coming
Unresolved conflicts swirl around Thailand’s institutions
Nigeria and the fight to end SARS
Nigerian authorities have responded to anti-police brutality protests with more brutality
Japan’s carbon neutral pledge looks like a load of hot air
Suga may have opted for airy rhetoric as he has limited options
