Party’s fight to approve Supreme Court nominee risks further alienation of female voters

Georgia’s mourning for its former champion feels like a wake for US influence in eastern Europe

Donald Trump’s laziness is a saving grace for international security

Brazil has lost cultural treasures and any interest in rational argument

As the dispute escalates, both sides are guilty of misreading each other’s weaknesses

Jeff Sessions offers cautionary tale to Lindsey Graham in dealing with US president

US president’s isolation would play to his strength: to campaign rather than to lead

Disgruntled public no longer seems willing to put patriotism before wellbeing

Beijing sees squeeze on opposition parties and push against independence as essential

As Europe wins a reprieve over trade the portents for Beijing have commensurately darkened

Much of America shares president’s suspicion of the ‘deep state’

Diminishing power of agricultural lobby frees up PM to pursue non-protectionist policies

The most lethal demagogue is one with a grasp of underlying reality

Biggest overhaul of workers’ rights for 50 years follows shift in social attitudes

The president may be on the wrong side of history, but he is also rewriting it

A potentially explosive relationship could well develop into mutual admiration

Condemnations of the US are becoming routine — and may not end when Trump departs

Deficit is not so large if sales of US subsidiaries are counted — but Beijing could hit back

Public anger at a corrupt elite could precipitate another upheaval