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It’s time for private equity to go back to basics

The industry should be more hands on to generate real business value

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Israel is destroying the foundations of a Palestinian state

The Netanyahu government must be held to account over Gaza and the West Bank

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The thorny path for South Korea’s new president

Lee Jae-myung’s victory is an affirmation of democracy after Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid

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A new nationalist victory in Poland

Karol Nawrocki is set to block reforms designed to revive the rule of law

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The gap between Britain’s defence rhetoric and reality

UK should commit to raising spending more quickly in the face of mounting threats

03.06.2025 6

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Britain’s golden chance to attract top US talent

The UK is slow to respond to the White House assault on science and universities

02.06.2025 6

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America’s courts versus Donald Trump

US judges are a vital restraint on the president’s attempts to rule by decree

31.05.2025 8

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Crypto wins a champion in the White House

Trump family’s enthusiasm for digital assets creates a glaring conflict of interest

30.05.2025 9

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Britain needs to stop fiddling with fiscal policy

Labour party’s approach to managing the public finances has been too haphazard

28.05.2025 8

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Nigeria’s shock therapy

Citizens have yet to feel the benefit of economic reform, but Bola Tinubu should press on

28.05.2025 20

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In cyber attacks, humans can be the weakest link

Hacks of M&S and others have aimed to manipulate individuals not just systems

26.05.2025 10

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Europe’s far right is hammering at the door of power

Moderate parties are running out of time to find ways to satisfy voters’ concerns

25.05.2025 10

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The great AI jobs disruption is under way

Automation will reshape tech work, and spark new opportunities

23.05.2025 3

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South Africa’s mugging at the White House

Violence against Afrikaner farmers needs to stop, but it is not a genocide

22.05.2025 3

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Trump’s bill is big, but not beautiful

The president’s fiscal plans deepen concerns over America’s public finances

21.05.2025 5

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Vladimir Putin’s manipulation of Donald Trump

If the US president is walking away from Ukraine, other allies must step up

20.05.2025 4

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A first step towards rebuilding UK-EU ties

Hard-fought reset lays bare the realities of the post-Brexit relationship

19.05.2025 10

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How to block the financial scammers on social media

Big Tech should have a legal duty to check investment advertisers are authorised

18.05.2025 10

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Jumbo diplomatic gifting

An age-old instrument of statecraft is being updated for the billionaire era

16.05.2025 5

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Donald Trump’s world of uncertainty

The president’s modus operandi makes long-term planning futile

15.05.2025 2

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Europe needs smart rearmament

Nato must develop a nimbler technological edge than during the cold war

14.05.2025 4

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Keir Starmer’s tough talk on immigration

To reduce inflows of foreign workers, Labour must address the shortages that drove them

13.05.2025 5

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An uneasy US-China détente on tariffs

Uncertainty around Trump’s trade war has not gone away

12.05.2025 3

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Friedrich Merz’s stumbling start

Germany and Europe need the chancellor to overcome his early political setback

11.05.2025 5

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Tariffs won’t make Hollywood great again

Duties on foreign film productions would weaken the US movie industry

09.05.2025 3

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Britain’s trade deals are a starting point

Agreements with the US and India are imperfect, but better than nothing

08.05.2025 10

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Averting a spiral of escalation between India and Pakistan

Crisis between nuclear-armed neighbours is a big test for global diplomacy

07.05.2025 4

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The west’s shameful silence on Gaza

The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu

06.05.2025 20

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A tentative reset between Britain and the EU

Deals this month ought to become the basis for a more ambitious realignment

05.05.2025 10

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The pitfalls of overhasty business deregulation

Republicans should think twice before rushing to scrap the US audit watchdog

04.05.2025 6

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An unwelcome surge of rightwing populism in Britain

Rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK threatens the Labour-Conservative duopoly

02.05.2025 5

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A dangerous stand-off between India and Pakistan

Shooting of tourists in Kashmir could reignite conflict across a key geopolitical faultline

01.05.2025 4

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The Iberian blackout is a wake-up call

Governments must invest in electricity resilience alongside the green transition

30.04.2025 4

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The improbable triumph of Canada’s Mark Carney

The prime minister owes his job to Donald Trump. Now he must take him on

29.04.2025 3

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Trump’s 100 days of chaos

The real battle to save the American republic may have just begun

28.04.2025 10

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Musk needs to become a more normal CEO

And Tesla should become a more normal company

27.04.2025 5

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How to pass unpopular reforms

The low-growth, high-debt bind requires bold but difficult fixes

25.04.2025 6

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Trump’s shameful Crimea ultimatum to Ukraine

Washington is trying to force on Kyiv a peace deal on Russia’s terms

24.04.2025 3

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Trump and the art of the retreat

Reputational damage to the Fed and US assets will not be easily reversed

23.04.2025 10

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Europe’s opportunity amid Trump’s chaos

The EU must move swiftly on growth reforms to capitalise on investors’ rising interest

22.04.2025 6

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The legacy of a compassionate reformist pope

Francis was an inspiring moderniser though his changes fell short of supporters’ hopes

21.04.2025 3

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Allies start to question the US nuclear umbrella

Lack of coherence in Trump’s policies raises risks of proliferation

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Harvard’s bold stand against Trump’s bullying

University’s readiness to fight for academic freedoms is an example to others

18.04.2025 3

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Asia’s straining middle class

For sustained income growth, policymakers must bolster economic resilience

16.04.2025 4

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The UK government needs a proper plan for steel

The future is not in the Scunthorpe blast furnaces that ministers have rescued

15.04.2025 3

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The narrow window for a nuclear deal with Iran

Trump team should accept that both Washington and Tehran need to make compromises

14.04.2025 3

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Trump should offer Panama more than threats

Washington has extracted concessions, but now needs to give something back

13.04.2025 7

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What China should do next

To weather Trump’s global storm, Beijing’s economic strategy must evolve

11.04.2025 2

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Donald Trump bends to the power of the markets

But trade war with China and tariffs on most US imports still risk great harm

10.04.2025 3

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How Britain misuses its fiscal watchdog

Limited spending buffers and poor support undermine the OBR

09.04.2025 4

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