Rishi Sunak on why Ukraine should get Russia’s frozen assets, not just the interest on them
THE FUNDAMENTAL choice for any country is whether to shape the world or be shaped by it. Throughout its history, Britain has ...
Donald Trump should not replace us with his stooges, warns a fired inspector-general
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S purge of me and my 17 fellow inspectors-general (IGs) raises questions that reach far beyond the wor...
The transatlantic relationship is crumbling, says an ex-head of NATO
IN HIS 1985 state-of-the-union address, Ronald Reagan stood before Congress and declared that America’s mission was “to nouri...
Donald Trump is taking presidential power to alarming places, writes Jack Goldsmith
“THEY HIT me and I hit them back harder and they disappear,” Donald Trump said in 2016, during his first presidential campaig...
Now is the time for Europe to show strength, not division, argues Sanna Marin
ALL WARS end, but how they end determines the shape of the peace that follows—and whether it will last. Now, as America has t...
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...
The neglect of Asia was the great failure of Yalta, writes Stephen Kotkin
Archive 1945 is a project republishing The Economist’s original reporting on the final year of the second world war. Eighty y...
Organised crime groups are behind increasingly sophisticated scams. Here is how to confront them, writes Sun Xueling
SCAMS ARE a sophisticated form of transnational organised crime, and their scale now rivals traditional criminal activities. ...
Donald Trump poses a grave threat to others’ sovereignty and freedom, says Chrystia Freeland
LAST SATURDAY, February 1st, could well be the day future historians judge as marking the end of the rules-based internationa...
Putin thinks time is on his side. Sadly he may be right, says Alexander Gabuev
BACK IN THE White House, President Donald Trump says that he will end the war in Ukraine—although not in a day, as he used to...