Showpiece in the Middle East: Trump’s “ultimate deal”
Palestinian leaders have already rejected the American administration’s peace plan. But the proposal is nevertheless politically useful, both for Binyamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump. Our correspondent...
28 Jan 202023min
Spread bet: China’s coronavirus quarantine
In Hubei province and increasingly across China, new-year celebrations are muted. Authorities are trying to contain the outbreak with an unprecedented lockdown. Homelessness is rising in the rich worl...
27 Jan 202022min
Ill-judged: Poland’s rule-of-law crisis
Poland's government has been trying to nobble the courts for years. Now the European Union is intervening, and the outcome could undermine the union itself. Our obituaries editor looks back on the lif...
24 Jan 202021min
On the right track: a trend in diplomacy
When conflict-resolution efforts falter in official channels, there are unofficial ones. We ask why “Track 2”—allowing well-meaning third parties to mediate—is on the rise. The prime minister of Lesot...
23 Jan 202022min
Justin time, again: Trudeau’s second term
Canada’s prime minister now leads a minority government, and has lost support in the country’s west. We ask what he must do, and how, with his weakened mandate. Our correspondent travels across Irelan...
22 Jan 202023min
Can I get a witness? Impeachment
The rules are set, battle lines drawn and the outcome is all but assured. We ask why the Senate trial of President Donald Trump seems so sewn up. A decade after a devastating earthquake, Haiti is stil...
21 Jan 202023min
Tripoli crown: the battle for Libya
This weekend’s peace talks in Berlin were a good start, but the situation is still ripe for a longer, messier proxy war. More than a million people die each year on the world’s roads; solutions to the...
20 Jan 202020min
Address the problem: the global housing blunder
Badly run housing markets are linked to broader ills, from financial crises to the rise of populism. The first problem? The conviction that home ownership is an unambiguously good thing. While China c...
17 Jan 202023min
