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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s power play in Latin America

Long neglected in Washington, the region is key to some of the president’s priorities, including halting illegal migration and limiting Chinese...

yesterday 8

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The Big Read

Zelenskyy needs to change the way he governs

Ukraine’s president must act decisively to repair trust lost over corruption scandal

yesterday 2

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The Editorial Board

How the internet can rebuild trust

Algorithms and generative AI models that decide what billions of users see should be transparent

yesterday 2

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Jimmy Wales

Trade policy is central to the green transition

Governments must address the fact that imported ‘embodied’ emissions make up a large portion of their carbon footprints

yesterday 1

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Laurence Tubiana

For scientists, the right questions are often the hardest

The most difficult problems can nurture the most talented researchers

yesterday 10

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Anjana Ahuja

The Labour government will deteriorate from here

Starmer and Reeves are unfit and their likeliest usurpers are worse

yesterday 20

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Janan Ganesh

The American exceptionalism trade is wobbling

It falls to Nvidia to make or break the market mood for the rest of the year

yesterday 30

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Katie Martin

Labour’s hotchpotch Budget plan

Relying on a jumble of tax rises will only make Reeves’ task more difficult

previous day 2

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The Editorial Board

The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity

Optimism and greed complicate the central bank’s decisions during market disruptions

previous day 10

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Raghuram Rajan

What nostalgia for the 1990s leaves out

Huge improvements in the decades since are a reminder that even really knotty problems can get better

previous day 30

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Sarah Oconnor

Why Ireland is paying its artists to create

Government money is being funnelled into stipends with no strings attached

previous day 3

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Jude Webber

The scramble for Europe is just beginning

As the EU struggles to defend its interests, outside powers play divide and rule

previous day 70

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Gideon Rachman

A nuclear meltdown at Zaporizhzhia would imperil the entire region

An electrical failure at the Russian-occupied power plant would be worse than Fukushima

previous day 30

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Najmedin Meshkati

The growing problem with China’s unreliable numbers

Beijing’s GDP figures have drawn scrutiny for years but the questions have become more acute

previous day 10

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The Big Read

We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud

Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them

previous day 30

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Martin Wolf

Denmark is a flawed model for UK asylum policy

Britain’s ‘pull’ factors may make hardline policies less of a deterrent

previous day 10

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The Editorial Board

Labour needs a way out of the infernal circle of immigration policy

Politics today is about ‘open vs closed’, but the UK government’s approach risks appeasing no one

previous day 4

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Stephen Bush

Trump’s little British helpers

Nobody should be surprised that the US president has the BBC in his sights

previous day 20

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Edward Luce

Jihadism and Russia: a toxic mix in the Sahel

West needs a strategy to counter southern spread of instability into coastal states

monday 20

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The Editorial Board

Trump should not offer Saudi Arabia one-sided security guarantees

A defence pact that is not mutual will do nothing to advance America’s global interests

monday 10

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Bilal Saab

Coalitions of the willing are Europe’s path to ever closer union

A more pragmatic form of federalism could be the key to unlocking progress on important issues

monday 4

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Martin Sandbu

The revival of deep-sea drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

New technologies and regulatory reforms have boosted the offshore industry, 15 years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe

monday 20

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The Big Read

What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street

Home prices in America won’t come down without systemic reform

monday 10

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Rana Foroohar

How the Joe Biden of India won

The chief minister of Bihar was re-elected by a wide margin despite his obvious infirmity and stalled progress

16.11.2025 10

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Ruchir Sharma

A new spectre looms over democracy: prediction markets

They offer a troubling opportunity to manipulate public perceptions of the outcome of political events

16.11.2025 10

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Jemima Kelly