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  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    Geopolitics
    ‘Succession’: the Xi, Putin and Biden editions Premium

    In the next three years, the world’s three most powerful countries have to navigate transfers of power

  • Monday, 26 July, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Covid, climate change and our tragedy of the commons Premium

    It’s as if we are all engaged in some kind of wilful blindness about our own role in this sort of moral hazard

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Britain’s breakthrough infection culture Premium

    Boris Johnson’s pursuit of ‘freedom day’ is an act of pyromania

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Joe Biden and the post-neoliberal era Premium

    This president is looking to fundamentally shift the economic dynamic from capital to labour

  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Trump, McCarthyism and the demise of demagogues Premium

    The rise and fall of the late US senator may prove instructive to the future of Trumpism

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    US foreign policy
    The end of the ‘forever war’, or just a hiatus? Premium

    Joe Biden might not end up paying a political price if Afghanistan collapses after the US withdrawal

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Big tech
    Why Amazon is wrong to fight Lina Khan Premium

    The FTC chair’s position is crucial to understanding the rise of large tech platforms

  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Russian crime but little punishment Premium

    Inability of Biden administration to confront Putin’s foreign aggression casts shadow on America’s ability to lead globally again

  • Monday, 28 June, 2021
    Supply chains
    America (finally) gets an industrial strategy Premium

    The government is looking at strategic and long-term ideas, but they could be even more radical

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    Newsletter
    The well-earned demise of UBI Premium

    Universal basic income has outlived its usefulness

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Global trade
    Competition and concentration Premium

    Deglobalisation in areas such as semiconductor production could be good for the global economy

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    US politics & policy
    The strategic unexcitingness of Joe Biden Premium

    The US president is carrying on as if everything is normal — it could be a premeditated decision

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    New York City
    New York needs a law and order mayor Premium

    Eric Adams understands that if crime continues to increase, the city is going into a downward spiral

  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Kamala Harris’s troubled vice-presidency Premium

    Her two main vice-presidential roles are close to insoluble

  • Monday, 7 June, 2021
    Technology
    Why Facebook can’t get it right Premium

    A fair market will only exist when there’s equal access to information between the platform and its users

  • Friday, 4 June, 2021
    US society
    The writing is on the wall for US affirmative action Premium

    Chief Justice John Roberts has long famously opposed affirmative action

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    What really happened in Wuhan? Premium

    Jamie Metzl, author of ‘Hacking Darwin’ weighs in on why more evidence is needed to determine whether Covid-19 originated in a lab

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Biden’s reversion to Democratic type Premium

    The US president may be messing up his infrastructure negotiations with Senate Republicans

  • Monday, 24 May, 2021
    Oil
    The return of petrol politics Premium

    There’s reason to worry that we could be at the beginning of a new, longer-term commodities spike

  • Friday, 21 May, 2021
    US politics & policy
    The reckless legacy of Benjamin Netanyahu Premium

    The Israeli prime minister has long perfected the art of converting social resentments into political power

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Global Economy
    Not all industrial policy is created equal Premium

    There needs to be equal opportunities and the prioritising of investment to ensure a more resilient economy and society

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    US society
    Where have America’s babies gone? Premium

    We may all have to get used to stagnant populations as the way things are going to be

  • Monday, 10 May, 2021
    New York City
    Does New York need a superstar mayor? Premium

    America’s most challenging city might need someone more experienced than the likeable Andrew Yang

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Covid and the need for intellectual humility Premium

    The west thinks this particular nightmare is drawing to a close. I have no idea whether this is right

  • Monday, 3 May, 2021
    Newsletter
    The Force is with him Premium

    Biden has cleverly harnessed the Force of government to churn out the biggest reset of the American economy since the Reagan era

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