America is easing chip-export controls at exactly the wrong time
In the six months since China stunned the world with DeepSeek, its progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has…
What opponents of the EU-US trade deal get wrong
The critics were quick to jump in. Soon after the European Commission struck its trade deal with President…
In recognising Palestine, Britain and France won’t advance peace
GAZA IS IN the grip of an incipient famine, amid a futile war that neither Hamas nor Israel…
The continuation of the war in Gaza disgraces Israel
THE WAR Israel waged against Iran was short, with precision strikes, clear goals and results that enhanced its…
Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, should junk a very bad bill
UKRAINE’S WAR effort depends not only on courage and weapons, but on trust: the trust of its own…
Trump’s U-turn on Russia is utterly cynical—and welcome
Over the past six months President Donald Trump has been all over the place on Ukraine. He said…
America cannot dodge the consequences of rising tariffs forever
THREE MONTHS ago a tariff announcement by Donald Trump caused a market meltdown. More recently his proclamations have…
China is building an entire empire on data
CHINA’S 1.1BN internet users churn out more data than anyone else on Earth. So does the country’s vast…
How Labour should save the NHS
Reform UK, the party leading in Britain’s polls, has an uninspiring slogan: “Britain is broken”. The fact that…
How Poland can keep its place at the heart of Europe
TWICE IT VANISHED from the map, swallowed up by its rapacious neighbours. After it emerged from the second…