World
Is a Brexit deal within reach?
The British side is, privately, far more optimistic than it has been at any previous point in the negotiation
China is testing India — and the world
Its show of strength won’t stop in the Himalayas
Britain’s government can’t handle COVID or Black Lives Matter, either
There has been flip-flopping on policy almost every day of the week
Why ‘hooligans’ want to defend statues
It is always folly to read too much politics into the behavior of British soccer lads
Will India and China go to war?
The first Asian conflict of the Asian century
Macron is trying to bathe in de Gaulle’s glory. It won’t work
Politicians should be wary about instrumentalizing history for their own ends
Is this the real reason Sweden didn’t lockdown?
Without changing the constitution, the Swedish government could not overrule decisions made by the country’s Public Health Agency
The mullahs’ coronavirus gamble has backfired
Iran faces a choice likely to affect the stability of its regime, perhaps existentially
What Beijing’s second wave teaches us about COVID
Maybe the Chinese authorities will succeed in suppressing it a second time — but it is still liable to pop up again
Germany is picking up the tab for Brexit
Cheers, Angela...
Coronavirus has spoiled Vladimir Putin’s coronation party
In the fight against the pandemic, one of the Kremlin’s biggest problems is itself
The Brexitland soap opera of the New York Times
The fanciful scripting confirms the Times understands Britain as well as it does the United States
How do you like US now?
America’s standing in the world doesn’t depend on elite opinions
The European Union may never have its ‘Hamilton moment’
The COVID crisis could spectacularly undermine the push towards federalism
The Taliban: an apology
If we put up new statues, we should perhaps give them a finite lifespan
The dire effects of Italy’s coronavirus lockdown
In any future pandemic we must develop strategies to minimize the harms for those at greater risk
The protesters have brought down the lockdown
We’re not allowed to go to weddings or funerals, but it’s perfectly acceptable to attend mass rallies
How South Korea became the poster child for virus control
It curbed COVID without destroying its economy or democracy
In praise of statue-toppling
Sir Edward Colston’s statue was not about history but estimation. Our era is entitled to its own response
Pakistan’s forced conversions bring shame on Imran Khan
Laws barring forced conversions have been deemed ‘un-Islamic’
Professor Lockdown doubles down
Why does Neil Ferguson still exert such a grip on the media’s imagination?
In defense of liberalism: resisting a new era of intolerance
Our public figures must rediscover the true spirit of liberty
Macron is facing an economic disaster
Recriminations against France’s lockdown regime are currently underway
Bergamo and the enigma of COVID-19
Somehow, the virus managed to infect a population which was supposed to be in quarantine
Trump’s German troop withdrawal will hurt America
Many in Berlin feel that working with Trump has become an impossible task
