Protectionist racket: trade-war rhetoric
As President Donald Trump threatens new tariffs on Mexican goods, retaliatory ones between China and America are starting to bite. That puts China’s party leaders—and their hardening nationalist messa...
31 Touko 201922min
Likudn’t: Israel’s political crisis
For the first time since Israel’s founding, efforts to form a government have failed. What will the resulting snap election mean for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu? Alleged meddling in the Czech ju...
30 Touko 201920min
Baba Go Slow: Nigeria’s President gets another term
Muhammadu Buhari earned the nickname “Baba Go Slow” for a lackadaisical approach to reform as Nigeria’s president. He mismanaged the economy, failed to tackle corruption and has been unable to restrai...
29 Touko 201918min
Continental breakfast: European elections
Europe’s voters have shown they are not happy with traditional parties. But even as the Brexit Party surged in Britain, populists across the continent found elections to the European Parliament toughe...
28 Touko 201920min
This May hurt: British politics
Britain’s prime minister Theresa May has at last revealed the date she will step down. She had the unenviable task of trying to deliver Brexit, which she failed to, and her successor may not fare any ...
24 Touko 201920min
Repeat performance: India’s election
Narendra Modi’s BJP appears to have won a convincing re-election victory. What will that mean for India and the region? We look back on the life of Bob Hawke, a former Australian prime minister who co...
23 Touko 201920min
Ibiza remix: Austria and the European fringe
As a scandal involving Austria’s hard-right Freedom party causes the government to unravel, we examine the fringe parties of Europe and their chances in this week’s European election. As tech billiona...
22 Touko 201921min
In a heartbeat: abortion in America
The strict anti-abortion bills cropping up in multiple American states aren’t expected to become the law of the land—but proponents want them to chip away at Roe v Wade, which is. Attacks on albinos h...
21 Touko 201921min
