November 2024
UK votes to proceed with historic bill legalise assisted dying
The landmark bill has passed the first stage of Parliament - but will be subject to further discussion and amendments before it can come into law.
- Updated
- Ailbhe Rea
July 2024
- Opinion
- US election
Feckless liberals are to blame for Biden’s downfall
The left worldwide ignores problems on its own side, and recent history has turned on that failure.
- Janan Ganesh
September 2023
- Analysis
- G20 summit
Xi Jinping’s absence challenges G20’s status as global leadership forum
The no-show is a blow to host Narendra Modi, and it also shakes the stature of the G20 as the pre-eminent global leadership forum, amid deep fissures between its members.
- Henry Foy, James Politi, John Reed and Joe Leahy
August 2023
- Opinion
- Globalisation
The world economy can’t just muddle through any longer
China’s mishandling of the post-global era finally shows that a fresh model is needed.
- Mohamed El-Erian
September 2020
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Powell may be subtly rewriting central bank history
Central bankers had their 'end of history' moment in the mid-1990s with inflation targeting. Now the paradigm may be moving again.
- Howard Davies
July 2020
- Opinion
- Investing
Gold's day will come, but markets are wrong to bet on wild inflation
Inflation expectations are shooting up, but at the same time the Fed is holding down nominal rates by financial repression. Gold will have its day of glory but don't jump the gun.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
April 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus reveals the dread of a ‘non-polar’ world
The two great superpowers cannot lead and there is no persuasive coalition to replace them.
- Janan Ganesh
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
The tragedy of two failing superpowers
Being a superpower is not just about brute strength; it is also about being seen as a competent and decent leader. China is not and the US is failing.
- Martin Wolf
January 2020
The EU is going to miss the UK when it's gone
In the EU’s corridors of power, people ask where it all went wrong and the overriding feeling among its political elite remains one of regret.
- Ian Wishart
December 2019
- Opinion
- UK election
Incompetence, not ideology, is the worst thing about the UK election
At this perilous time, the British government needs simple competence more than it needs cash splashes and sloganeering.
- Camilla Cavendish