Taiwan thing after another: the Solomon Islands
The archipelago’s diplomatic pivot to China has added an international dimension to the latest flare-up of domestic tensions. We ask how this tiny state figures into far larger geopolitics. British la...
3 Dec 202120min
Roe blow? SCOTUS weighs abortion rights
The conservative supermajority on America’s Supreme Court looks likely to strip back rights enshrined since the Roe v Wade ruling in 1973. Beset by natural disasters, Puerto Rico did not seem ready fo...
2 Dec 202124min
The house that Jack built: Twitter’s founder departs
Jack Dorsey’s departure from the social-media giant reflects the growing primacy of engineering talent, and the waning mythology of the big-tech founder. Ukraine’s military has become much better at b...
1 Dec 202119min
Centrifugal forces: Iran nuclear talks resume
Things were all smiles after negotiations resumed—but it is difficult to see how a middle ground can be reached in Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Apple’s surprise move to permit repairs to its hardware ref...
30 Nov 202122min
Priority letter: the Omicron variant
Governments’ rapid responses to a new coronavirus strain were wise. But much is still to be learned about the Omicron variant before longer-term policies can be prescribed. Vietnam’s government wants ...
29 Nov 202121min
A cut-rate theory: Turkey’s currency spiral
As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan keeps pushing his upside-down economic ideas, the currency plummets and an immiserated population grows restless. Sunday’s presidential election in Honduras will be a...
26 Nov 202122min
You put your left side in: Germany’s shake-about
A three-way coalition has struck a deal to govern. We ask who’s who among top ministers and what’s what on the newly centre-left agenda. A shortage of lorry drivers has sharpened Britain’s supply-chai...
25 Nov 202123min
America’s sneezing: diagnosing global inflation
Prices are up all over, especially in America. But whether the world’s largest economy is part of the problem or just suffering the same symptoms will determine how to fix it. Autocratic leaders of mi...
24 Nov 202122min
