Why “Adolescence” has become a global smash hit
Like cats, many teenagers have their own neighbourhood maps, marked with dangers—this street is dodgy, that one is safe—that ...
Why does the British tax year end on April 5th?
For Britons the end of the tax year looms on April 5th. Why such a seemingly random date? In the Middle Ages England’s tax y...
The Chinese government is cracking down on predatory law enforcement
To rescue china’s lacklustre economy, the ruling Communist Party is trying to revive the animal spirits of entrepreneurs and ...
Transatlantic fights over war budgets are nothing new
Mellon vs Churchill. By Jill Eicher. Pegasus; 368 pages; $32 and £22 How far should America involve itself in Europe’s wars? ...
Trump is driving American scientists into Europe’s arms
John von Neumann and Albert Einstein were part of a wave of great scientists who fled Nazi Germany, went to America and creat...
Trying to define a “labour shortage” in economics
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Elon Musk is powersliding through the federal government
The United States Institute of Peace (usip) was established by Congress in 1984 to promote an end to conflict all over the wo...
Israel’s expansionism is a danger to others—and itself
IT IS HARD to believe today, but 18 months ago Israel was in grave peril. Surrounded by enemies, bickering with its main ally...
Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?
NEXT TO SPACE travel, remaking the government sounds easy. Elon Musk conceives of himself as the saviour of humanity, who wil...
Donald Trump is affecting politics everywhere
EACH TIME Slawomir Mentzen speaks, the crowds seem to get larger. In a matter of weeks the 38-year-old far-right firebrand ha...