America’s rivalry with China will intensify, but must not escalate into war, writes Nicholas Burns
AFTER THREE turbulent years as America’s ambassador to China, I’ve returned home reflecting on lessons that will be crucial f...
A British incubator of businesses often bound for the Bay Area
LAST MONTH Jemima Bunbury and Daan Ferdinandusse incorporated Sartor Technologies, their fashion-tech startup, in America and...
A new crackdown is gathering strength in Turkey
TURKEY’s TV stars do not have it easy. The global success of the country’s soap operas, episodes that last up to three hours,...
Chinese cars are taking over the global south
“Styling, build quality and polish” were “frankly lacklustre”. The review in Car and Driver, a respected motoring publication...
Could a German startup disrupt Europe’s arms industry?
In the 1980s Robert Solow, an economist, remarked that you could see the computer age everywhere except the productivity stat...
Countering China’s diplomatic coup
IN JUST A few weeks the Trump administration has unleashed a dizzying number of initiatives and controversies abroad, from im...
Defence tech is blowing up Silicon Valley’s beliefs
IN THE BACK of an unmarked office building close to LAX, the main airport of Los Angeles, stands a rack of unarmed hypersonic...
Britain’s review body for criminal convictions is struggling
On February 3rd the Criminal Cases Review Commission received an application from Lucy Letby’s lawyers claiming the former nu...
Do societies need more, or less, discretion in enforcing rules?
Fewer Rules, Better People. By Barry Lam. W.W. Norton; 176 pages; $24 and £17.99 THIEVES should be punished—but always and ma...
Donald Shoup knew how to get cities going
Of all the levels of the dismal science, his was the lowliest of all. At the very mention of the words “traffic” or “parking”...