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No guarantees: NATO members debate Ukraine’s future
Members of the alliance are conflicted over the prospect of Ukraine’s membership. In particular, America has changed its mind, and this could affect …
3 years, 1 month ago
Balancing of Powers: India’s foreign policy
Narendra Modi is cosying up to America, but not at the expense of valuable relationships with Russia and China. Our correspondent speaks with the cou…
3 years, 1 month ago
Abodes well? The housing crash that wasn’t
Much to the chagrin of hopeful first-time buyers, property prices remain stubbornly high across the West. Our correspondent explains why housing is d…
3 years, 1 month ago
More Blinken meetings: a diplomatic visit to China
In a first since 2018, America’s secretary of state is visiting China amid escalating tensions between both countries. Can diplomats successfully sta…
3 years, 1 month ago
I of the tiger: India’s influential diaspora
They lead startups, giant corporations, even countries: people of Indian origin are finding great success outside their home country—and wielding muc…
3 years, 1 month ago
Guilty party: Boris Johnson’s lies catch up with him
THE INVESTIGATION // The investigation into covid-lockdown-era parties during Boris Johnson’s premiership—and his denials of their impropriety—comes …
3 years, 1 month ago
Call of duties: the global costs of war
Conflict in Ukraine has cut short the “peace dividend” the world was reaping. We count the economic costs of a widespread return to a war footing. Pr…
3 years, 2 months ago
Death of a salesman: Silvio Berlusconi
Italy’s longest-serving prime minister has died aged 86. He inspired as much derision as devotion, and for all his gaffes and scandals he helped to s…
3 years, 2 months ago
Gain, wait: Ukraine’s tentative push
Hints of the long campaign ahead are emerging, but all the operations so far are just drawing the eventual, full-scale battle lines. Cheap vaccinatio…
3 years, 2 months ago
Charged up: Trump’s latest indictment
He is expected to be charged for failing to return classified documents and obstructing justice. The former president denies wrongdoing, and any poss…
3 years, 2 months ago