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…
The best part of the UK-EU deal is a system for doing more deals
Fans and foes of this week’s agreement between Britain and the European Union have made hugely exaggerated claims…
Europe’s free-speech problem
When America’s vice-president accuses Europe of failing to protect free speech, the obvious retort is that he is…
Stopgap deals do not mean Donald Trump’s trade war is over
FOR WEEKS what was in effect an embargo between America and China had the world economy teetering on…
Are American stock investors right to shrug off the trade war?
After a month of tumult, investors in American stocks are making peace with the trade war. The S&P…