December 2024
5 ways ‘America First’ could transform the world in 2025
Donald Trump is leading the way, but Russia and China are also seeking radical change to the status quo.
- Opinion
- World politics
Why the world’s leading democracies are in crisis
The majority of G7 governments are now so burdened with domestic political problems that they are incapable of steering their own countries – let alone the free world.
- Opinion
- Syrian conflict
Assad’s fall is an embarrassing blow to Putin
Lots could still go wrong in Syria, but the fall of a brutal regime aligned to other brutal regimes is a good thing.
November 2024
- Opinion
- Middle East conflict
Netanyahu arrest warrant is a dangerous problem for the West
Donald Trump is likely to try to destroy the International Criminal Court over the pursuit for Israel’s leaders, but this is not in anybody’s interests.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s foreign enemies are about to get a significant boost
The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great, which can only benefit Russia and China.
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump and Harris poles apart on foreign policy
Beneath the slogans and insults, the Trump and Harris camps have fundamentally different views of how to prevent the world from sliding into conflict.
October 2024
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Why these world leaders want Trump to win
The former president’s stress on power and indifference to democracy and human rights worries the EU. But it makes him the preferred partner of strongmen around the world.
- Opinion
- Middle East conflict
This is the only way Iran’s regime can topple
Military intervention from Israel or the United States is unlikely to bring about the fall of the Islamic republic.
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump could be the biggest winner from Middle East escalation
The former president claims the world was at peace during his rule and that the “weakness” of the Biden administration has led to wars in Europe and the Levant.
September 2024
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Israel’s dream of a new Middle East order could become a nightmare
With its decapitation of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli government hopes that it has finally seized the initiative in the battle with its regional enemies.
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Harris must dazzle in debate or face defeat
The Democratic candidate badly needs a breakthrough in this week’s televised debate to restore momentum to her faltering campaign.
- Opinion
- Social media
Why Elon Musk is much more powerful than you think
His influence is showing up from Ukraine to China, angering the United States, although he still lacks the ability to make the law.
August 2024
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
An aggressive Ukraine has crossed Washington’s red line
Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to ignore Russia’s nuclear threats. But the Biden administration is still wary of escalating the war.
July 2024
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The real danger that Trump would pose for Ukraine
Agreeing to Russia’s demand for a neutral Ukraine, as a new Republican presidency might, could leave the country at the mercy of Vladimir Putin’s long-term ambitions.
- Opinion
- US election
Why Donald Trump’s perfect target is ‘woke’ Kamala Harris
The election centres on who scares US voters the most. Republicans fear Harris will target white men, while Democrats say Trump is a would-be dictator.
- 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.
- 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 2024
- 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.