Pandemic, meet politics: the US-China spat
Prior tensions have blunted the chances for a co-ordinated response to covid-19—and both countries are fighting a grand ideological battle alongside an epidemiological one. India has so far reported f...
19 Mars 202021min
Drawbridges up: lockdowns and covid-19
Borders are closing; suggestions to stay home are becoming mandates. We examine how the national responses to covid-19 have varied, and how they may be converging. In America, Joe Biden cemented his l...
18 Mars 202022min
Same old song, and Gantz: fresh coalition talks in Israel
He has four weeks to form a government, but Binyamin Netanyahu’s rival Benny Gantz is likely to find that the battle lines from three inconclusive elections haven’t moved. As Western factories shift g...
17 Mars 202022min
Flight risk: airlines and covid-19
Travel restrictions that are proliferating worldwide may represent an existential threat to many airlines. How long the pandemic lasts will determine how much the aviation industry is reshaped by it. ...
16 Mars 202020min
Coming two terms with it: Putin’s power grab
A resetting of the clock on the Russian leader’s tenure will almost certainly pass into law. That sets up a standoff with a public swiftly losing faith in him. The incentives around sick days are all ...
13 Mars 202020min
Stimulating discussion: policy responses to covid-19
Britain’s central bank made an emergency cut and released a budget with a whopping £30bn ($38bn) stimulus; we discuss what countries are doing, or should be, to cushion economies against the pandemic....
12 Mars 202021min
Hollywood moment: Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing
The disgraced producer’s conviction may seem a clear-cut win for the #MeToo movement, but it’s as yet uncertain just how much will change outside the media spotlight. Today’s verdict on Guyana’s elect...
11 Mars 202020min
When in Rome...stay put: Italy on lockdown
The unexpected expansion of quarantine measures are a look into the near future of many countries, each facing different social and epidemiological tradeoffs. Slovakia is on the cusp of forming a gove...
10 Mars 202022min
