Today
- Opinion
- US election
The 2024 presidential election is not over yet
Millions of “never Trump” voters are unlikely to become “yes Trumpers”, however appalled they are by the vile attempted murder.
This Month
- Opinion
- World elections
Europe now leaderless as global threats rise
President Emmanuel Macron’s authority in Europe has shrunk after chaotic national elections, while the UK’s influence has been hobbled by Brexit.
- Opinion
- US election
Liberals panic worldwide as Trump, Le Pen rise
Liberals are in for a long struggle as nationalist populism surges in the US and Europe.
June
- Opinion
- World elections
Unstable France could trigger the next euro crisis
Runaway budget deficits and a confrontation with Brussels and Berlin are a formula for trouble.
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Why Putin’s nuclear weapons threats are a flop
The Western alliance is intensifying its support for Ukraine in a way that was unthinkable at the beginning of the war.
May
- Opinion
- Globalisation
America is undermining global rules, not defending them
Washington should dial down its claim to be protecting an international order that is clearly in decline, and instead talk up its defence of the free world.
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Arrest warrants huge blow for Israel and massive gamble by ICC
The question of how the US president responds to this, along with Congress, now becomes critical.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel cannot stand alone and Netanyahu knows it
The American decision to restrict arms sales could be a turning point in the US-Israel relationship.
April
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Cashed-up Ukraine is front line of push against ‘axis of adversaries’
The Western alliance is playing a potentially deadly mind game with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea – deploying military force to prevent a wider war.
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The risks to Biden of Israel going rogue against Iran
The problem is that ‘ironclad’ support can be read as a blank cheque to Israel to take whatever military action it sees fit — confident that, when the chips are down, America will have its back.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
Putin waiting for Washington to collapse if Trump wins
The Russian leader sees an opportunity to re-establish a sphere of influence in Europe if Donald Trump is re-elected US president.
- Updated
March
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden must show Netanyahu who’s in charge
The US president must apply far more pressure on Israel’s prime minister to pull back on his military attacks in Gaza that have left thousands of civilians dead.
February
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
Putin’s global fan club is only getting stronger
Admirers of the Russian leader may soon lead the world’s largest democracies of India and the US, after Indonesia also elected a Putin fan this month.
January
- Opinion
- South China Sea
Taiwan can still avoid Ukraine’s chilling fate
The obstacles to a successful Chinese invasion of the island nation following presidential elections on the weekend remain formidable.
- Opinion
- World elections
America has seen it all – another Trump term won’t destroy it
I believe in America enough to think that it would take more than another term of Trump as president to destroy American democracy.
December 2023
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine and its backers need a credible path to victory
The country no longer has a convincing theory of victory. Unless they can come up with one, Western support for Ukraine will continue to waver.
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Got a better idea than the two-state solution? Speak up
There may be no way of dealing with the immediate disaster in Gaza without an agreement, at least on paper, on a long-term political fix.
- Opinion
- World politics
Biden’s desperate battle to halt global conflict
Political division and turmoil at home are undermining US leadership overseas.
November 2023
- Opinion
- World politics
How the far right is moving into Europe’s mainstream
Growing support for radical parties, often on anti-immigration platforms, does not necessarily threaten democracy, but it could profoundly change the EU.
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Why the world needs America as global cop
The US faces challenges to its dominant security role in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, but undemocratic powers would rise if America pulled back.
