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Heir-raising: the boom in inheritance
As the baby-boom generation starts to die and economic growth slows many more people are getting rich from family wealth. Are we returning to the age…
1 year, 2 months ago
Phase transition? Gaza’s shaky peace
The first phase of Gaza’s ceasefire is near its end, but planning for the even more fraught second phase has hardly begun. What chance for near-term …
1 year, 2 months ago
Emmanuel dexterity: Trump and Macron chat
The meeting between France’s and America’s presidents had a familiarly chummy feel. We ask whether Emmanuel Macron’s charm offensive might have chang…
1 year, 2 months ago
Left, right and centre: Germany’s election
Instead of needing three parties to cobble together a majority, the country’s two traditional main ones have the numbers. What to expect once the tal…
1 year, 2 months ago
Friends (the one with estrangement): Europe without the US
Europe must move boldly as the American-led world order shatters beneath it; we explain how. Many people view the freedom to work from home as a perk…
1 year, 2 months ago
Young, gifted and black: Africa’s next generation
Africa’s young are educated, ambitious side-hustlers. But they are hampered by their economies and dispirited by their politicians. How to harness th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Colour visions: a German-election lookahead
The possibilities for an inevitable coalition government are a head-spinning colour wheel of party logos. We look at the most likely outcomes, and th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Get your Strait facts: China’s quiet Taiwan push
We investigate China’s under-the-radar push to get other countries to change their official language on Taiwan’s independence. Would it make a differ…
1 year, 2 months ago
Munich insecurity conference: a re-ordering begins
Backing away from European security guarantees and seeking mineral rights in Ukraine as recompense for military aid: at the Munich Security Conferenc…
1 year, 2 months ago
Love match: Modi-Trump’s tariffs tussle
The American president and Indian prime minister have long been friends. But when the two met at the White House yesterday, they had many thorny issu…
1 year, 2 months ago