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  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    AnalysisJapanese war on deflation
    Abe’s stimulus brings back ‘bridges to nowhere’ spectre in Japan

    While borrowing is easy, finding good ways to spend is not, economists say

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Edward Luce
    The gathering storm around Rudy Giuliani

    His career is now a byword for the moral descent that characterises public life

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Miles Johnson
    Salvini still looms large over Italy’s politics

    League leader has lost status as deputy prime minister but his popularity is undimmed

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    AnalysisClimate change
    Lagarde’s green push in monetary policy would be huge step

    Critics say climate change is political but economists say it could be part of ECB remit

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Edward Luce
    Money laundering is poisoning US democracy

    Dirty cash is a curse that dare not speak its name in the 2020 election

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    AnalysisIndian economy
    Why Indian groups are struggling to compete with China

    Delhi’s decision to pull out of regional trade deal driven by protectionist instinct

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    AnalysisEuropean banks
    How a pan-EU insolvency regime could advance banking union

    Harmonisation of bankruptcy rules would help cause of European deposit insurance

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    AnalysisSpanish politics
    Sánchez still needs Catalan help for Spain coalition

    Socialist leader forced into situation he feared in fight for parliamentary majority

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Edward Luce
    America’s religious war will test the limits of democracy

    Liberal dogmatism risks alienating the ‘exhausted majority’

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    Tough Vestager is an opportunity not a threat to EU tech

    Plan to put burden of proof on to companies underlines diverging path from the US

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Edward Luce
    How the Borgias point the way for Trump’s America

    There are disquieting similarities between the US today and the medieval Catholic church

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2019
    Edward Luce
    How America’s far-left could help re-elect Donald Trump

    Spoiler candidates risk splitting the Democrat vote next year

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    Michael Stott
    Economic malaise behind Latin America’s year of unrest

    Weak efforts to diversify and invest are a common thread through period of turmoil

  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
    AnalysisMiddle East & North Africa
    Arab youth vent anger at broken economic promises

    Unemployment and lack of reforms underpin protests in Middle East and north Africa

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    Brendan Greeley
    Facebook’s Libra currency is wake-up call for central banks

    Policymakers fear losing control if private companies win digital money race

  • Sunday, 20 October, 2019
    Tom Mitchell
    China’s Xi has more to worry about than slowing economic growth

    Crises such as Hong Kong protests and African swine fever offer sterner test of party’s grip on power

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Edward Luce
    Russia reaps windfalls of Trump’s chaos

    Moscow would readily agree that US president is the best in history 

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    AnalysisEcuador
    Ecuador struggles to meet IMF targets after clashes

    President caved in to protesters but is now left with limited budget options

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    James Shotter
    Law and Justice will be less dominant despite big win

    Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s ruling party faces checks on its power as economic clouds gather

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    AnalysisChinese politics & policy
    Beijing’s simplistic narrative on Taiwan is fuelling tensions

    China’s choice to ignore island’s history before 1949 shapes international perception

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
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    Trump’s betrayal of Kurds hastens waning of US power

    The more US president hurts allies, the less likely they are to remain loyal

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
    AnalysisSpanish politics
    Sánchez gamble on Spain elections risks being an act of hubris

    Average of polls puts Socialists at 27.8%, a percentage point below their April result

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump’s projections of an American ‘coup’ 

    President is marshalling his administration in pursuit of a fringe conspiracy theory

  • Monday, 30 September, 2019
    James Kynge
    Chinese national day is a clash of grand narratives

    Western democratic tradition and China’s authoritarianism duel for primacy in Hong Kong

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