Can Europe withstand four years of Trumpian assault?
In the eleven weeks between the American election in November and Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20th, Europe was abu...
Elon Musk spells danger for Accenture, McKinsey and their rivals
It should be a management consultant’s dream. The organisation is immense. Bloat is a problem. And the new boss is eager to s...
New research uncovers polygamy and intermarriage in ancient Eurasia
DNA’s power to illuminate humanity’s past never ceases to amaze. Collected from those now alive, it shows how their ancestors...
To spend big, Germany’s next government may need EU help
When, in october 2017, Wolfgang Schäuble left the Detlev Rohwedder Building for the final time after his stint as German fina...
American inflation looks increasingly worrying
Jerome Powell’s press conferences—sometimes market-moving events—have attracted less notice of late. With Donald Trump in the...
Australia prepares for a lonelier, harsher world
AUSTRALIANS HAVE felt lucky but anxious since the first colonists waded ashore, over two centuries ago. An edge of insecurity...
How Vladimir Putin plans to play Donald Trump
Judged by the din of Russian propaganda and the despair among Europeans, Vladimir Putin has never been closer to winning his ...
Is Elon Musk’s war on fraud just cover for a power grab?
In 1971 Richard Nixon listed the qualifications for a chief of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). “I want to be sure he is a...
Rachel Reeves is not alone in inflating her résumé
In brITAIN the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has lately been in a spot of bother about stories from her past. She has been accus...
Will it be Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow?
THE EARTHQUAKE in transatlantic relations caused by President Donald Trump’s looming abandonment of Ukraine seemed to cause b...