How flush Americans feel depends on their views of Donald Trump
The incoming president will dramatically improve the economy. That, at least, is what Republicans think. Democrats are sure h...
How hard is it to run the Pentagon?
“SO VAST IS the [Department of Defence] and so multifarious are its missions,” wrote Ash Carter, America’s 25th secretary of ...
How the AfD got its swagger back
IT IS A bitingly cold evening in Bautzen, a handsome town nestled in the hills of the Oberlausitz, deep in the east German st...
A TV dramatisation of Mussolini’s life inflames Italy
In 1937, when Benito Mussolini, then Italy’s fascist leader, opened Cinecittà, a sprawling film complex in Rome, his governme...
A French-sponsored Ukrainian army brigade has been badly botched
The formation of Ukraine’s 155th army brigade was announced at the D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy last June, complete...
David Lammy’s plan to shake up Britain’s Foreign Office
FOR EUROCRATS, Sir Olly Robbins seemed like a relic of an age before Brexit sent the British establishment loopy. Theresa May...
The right in Congress and the courts will reshape Donald Trump’s agenda
HE WON WHAT was supposed to be a close election by a convincing margin, even clinching the popular vote. His fellow Republica...
How to improve clinical trials
Last year Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical firm, published a review of the clinical trials on neurological drugs it had held bet...
Catch up:Gaza ceasefire deal edges closer; China meets economic-growth goal
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said that the Gaza ceasefire deal would be approved in a meeting of his security...
Inside the Houthis’ moneymaking machine
“IT’S A REALLY surprisingly user-friendly experience,” says Stephen Askins, a shipping lawyer, of his interactions with the H...