Last weekend, as Poles set out to elect their next president, Europe’s ideological divisions were thrown into sharp relief. In one corner, the incumbent Andrzej Duda — a man indicative of Eastern Europe’s growing conservatism — standing on a platform...
For seventy-five years, the US has maintained a significant military presence in Germany. These troops are a vestige of the force that defeated Nazism and held Soviet expansion in check during the Cold War. Today, they symbolize America’s enduring commitment...
Beleaguered Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez clinched a crucial parliamentary victory this week, but his hold on power — loosened immeasurably by the coronavirus crisis — looks set to slip still further. Pedro’s Problems On Wednesday, May 20, Spanish lawmakers...
The coronavirus crisis has ground global economies to a halt. Businesses have been shut, transport links cancelled, and sports tournaments scrapped. But as it stands, one thing appears impervious to the pandemic’s disruption: post-Brexit trade talks. Post-Brexit Trade Talks Continue...
The Chinese economy is a beast that’s not easily tamed. Through the most tumultuous of times — bloodshed at Tiananmen Square, the global financial crisis, Trump’s trade war — it has continued to grow. But now, in the face of...
With global coronavirus fears hitting fever pitch, news of another seismic threat — this one wholly man-made — received little attention last week. On Monday March 2, two short-range ballistic missiles arced high over the Korean Peninsula, flew 149 miles,...
It billows from factory chimneys and car exhausts – but in Europe, there’s another type pollution causing concern. One in five citizens is exposed to dangerous levels of noise pollution, a new study has found. The High Death Toll of...
For New Delhi’s Muslim community, last week’s Friday prayers were a tense affair. Heavily armed guards watched on as they gathered at the city’s mosques — at least four of which had recently been on fire. Inside, imams called for...
A heroic campaigner for transparency, fearless in the face of authority or a dangerous criminal, willfully undermining Western security. Few world figures are as polarizing as Julian Assange. Appearing before a British court this week, the 48-year-old is fighting US...
Taking back control of Britain’s borders: the promise that pushed through Brexit. What, in practice, does that mean? This week, we found out. British Border Control in Reality From January 2021, lower-skilled workers will no longer be considered for UK...
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