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South-east Asia’s surprising resilience to the tariff war

Asean countries should build on their durability with domestic and trade reforms

yesterday 4

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The Editorial Board

Strategic supplication is Europe’s only Trump policy

The tremulous response to both the Venezuela coup and his threats to Greenland reflects hard truths

yesterday 10

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Robert Shrimsley

Donald Trump’s imperial Venezuela folly will leave America no richer

Like the Spanish conquistadors, the president’s search for mineral wealth in South America will weaken the US

yesterday 10

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Alan Beattie

British business faces a rude activist awakening

Boaz Weinstein’s campaign against investment trusts is encouraging wider intervention by US funds

yesterday 6

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John Gapper

The next Fed chair shouldn’t party like it’s 1999

It is premature to assume the AI era will lead to non-inflationary growth like the ’90s computing boom

yesterday 5

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Chris Giles

Trump’s Latin America policy is Rubio’s revenge

Washington aims to reshape the region by using corporate power to dominate the continent and its resources

yesterday 3

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Meloni’s make-or-break year

The Italian prime minister has brought political stability, but not economic growth. What can she accomplish before facing voters in 2027?

yesterday 10

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The Big Read

For now, autonomous vehicles still need humans

AI must learn to reckon with a world much messier than any computer simulation

yesterday 10

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John Thornhill

Hipster robots and cuddly AI take over Las Vegas

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is a smorgasbord of futuristic tech products

previous day 10

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Michael Acton

Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy

Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last

previous day 20

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Gita Gopinath

The cost of America’s nuclear revival

Donald Trump has promised to build fleets of new reactors to help ‘win’ the AI race. But many think the goals are unrealistic

previous day 7

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The Big Read

How Europe should respond to Trump’s Greenland threats

US move on the island would be a breach of the transatlantic alliance

previous day 7

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The Editorial Board

Watch out for America’s activist attorneys-general

Top state lawyers are joining together to challenge Trump and rein in big business

previous day 7

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Brooke Masters

Greenland is not the mining gem some think it is

The island is geologically analogous to Canada and countries in northern Europe

previous day 30

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Anjana Ahuja

How Trump became just another Republican president

His enthusiasm for big business and foreign intervention is more Reaganite than populist

previous day 20

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Janan Ganesh

Trump’s Venezuela operation echoes the CIA’s Chile playbook

The US move against Maduro has eerie parallels to the coup that ousted Salvador Allende in 1973

previous day 30

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Sebastián Edwards

Europe doesn’t need driverless cars

The roadways are already safe and robotaxis risk increasing traffic

tuesday 10

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David Zipper

The problem with AI and ‘empathy’

If technology redefines what our language means it could also change our perceptions of ourselves

tuesday 4

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Sarah Oconnor

Threatening to strip someone of their citizenship is no joke

That this Labour government seems to find Alaa Abdel Fattah’s predicament a laughing matter is unconscionable

tuesday 8

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Stephen Bush

Iran needs to help itself and change course

Facing mounting domestic protests, the Islamic regime should seek an off-ramp

tuesday 9

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The Editorial Board

Britain’s prime ministerial carousel

Flip-flopping leadership is economically damaging and a sign of a deeper malaise

tuesday 1

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The Editorial Board

Ukraine’s military holds lessons for its postwar future

In building a new country, we need to deploy the approaches that have enabled us to resist invasion

tuesday 2

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

Greenland could be next

Emboldened by the Venezuelan operation, Trump is seeking a foreign balm for domestic pain

tuesday 30

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Edward Luce

Has Europe learnt to manage migration?

Policymakers say strict new measures have driven down irregular arrivals, but experts say the underlying factors are little changed

tuesday 40

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The Big Read

Trump, Venezuela and the limits of the Taco trade

Plus, banks and activist investors

05.01.2026 2

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Robert Armstrong

Donald Trump’s reckless intervention in Venezuela

Few will mourn Maduro’s ousting, but its manner sets a dangerous precedent

05.01.2026 10

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The Editorial Board

Ruchir Sharma: top 10 trends for 2026

The AI mania could wane and drag down the economies of the two superpowers, but the rest of the world is well positioned to pick up the slack

05.01.2026 20

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The Big Read

America’s drone dilemma

The US has fallen behind China in manufacturing but targeted import restrictions could help it catch up

05.01.2026 10

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Chris Miller

Has India truly entered a higher growth phase?

There are reasons to be optimistic — but weak job creation and private investment warrant caution

05.01.2026 20

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Duvvuri Subbarao

The Chinese way of death

In a society where speaking about mortality is thought to bring misfortune, one company is trying to confront it head-on

05.01.2026 1

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Joe Leahy

Africa’s growth could outpace Asia’s this year

There are reasons to both hope for — and doubt — that the continent could finally gain some Asian-style momentum

05.01.2026 20

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David Pilling

Trump now owns Venezuela

The US president has a growing appetite for military adventure

05.01.2026 70

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Edward Luce

Venezuela and the trouble with the Donroe doctrine

A world order built around great power spheres of influence is a recipe for instability and conflict

05.01.2026 40

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Gideon Rachman

Why the melt-up is still on

As 2026 begins, optimists are talking down bubble anxiety

05.01.2026 7

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Katie Martin

Brussels’ misguided beef with veggie burgers

Banning plant-based products with meaty names is exactly the kind of red tape the EU said it had left behind

05.01.2026 10

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Mike Barry