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the money game
Dec. 19, 2023
What Should We Expect From Argentina’s Wacky New President? Jay Newman, a lawyer turned hedge-fund manager, explains why Bill Clinton and Donald Trump both want to know Javier Milei.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the intelligencer profile
Mar. 28, 2022
The Cult of Adam Tooze How the impeccably credentialed, improbably charming economic historian supplanted the dirtbag left.
By Molly Fischer
late capitalism
Aug. 6, 2021
China’s Sweeping Crackdown on Big Tech Is a Wake-Up Call for the U.S. The U.S. and China face similar economic problems. The latter is taking an increasingly anti-capitalist approach to solving them.
By Eric Levitz
foreign interests
Mar. 26, 2021
Israel’s Democracy Is Broken, and Netanyahu Is to Blame The Israeli right keeps winning elections but failing to form governments because of the toxic political environment Netanyahu has created.
By Jonah Shepp
global politics
Feb. 9, 2021
Only the Left Can Save Globalization Now To restore shared prosperity and avert a new cold war, progressives must disavow protectionism and make globalism great again.
By Eric Levitz
foreign policy
Feb. 4, 2021
Trump Is Gone, But Europe Still Needs Some Space While Europe welcomed Biden’s win, it still sees America as an unreliable friend. Pursuing independence from Washington is more appealing than ever.
By Vincent Bevins
foreign interests
Feb. 2, 2021
Myanmar’s Military Pulled Off the Coup Trump Couldn’t Myanmar’s junta doesn’t need lessons from Trump. But the parallels to his tactics are striking, and have deepened the U.S. credibility deficit.
By Jonah Shepp
just asking questions
Aug. 7, 2020
A Historian of Economic Crisis on the World After COVID-19 A leading expert on financial crises explains how the pandemic is upending economic orthodoxy and raising the stakes of the 2020 election.
By Eric Levitz
global politics
Feb. 28, 2020
Across the World, Voters Are Losing Faith in Government The percentage of citizens who believe that “the state is run for the benefit of all” has plummeted in a wide array of countries since 2002.
By Eric Levitz
foreign interests
Jan. 31, 2020
Brexit Is Finally Happening on Friday, But the Drama Is Far From Over After their divorce on Friday, the U.K. and E.U. will have just one year to finalize a trade deal — and there may be tough consequences in store.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump’s Middle East Plan Is About Exerting Power, Not Achieving Peace The conflict is now shaped by the worldview of Trump and his allies — and a two-state solution may be off the table for good.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
Jan. 10, 2020
Avoiding Disaster Doesn’t Make Trump’s Iran Policy a Success Trump’s efforts to bring Iran to heel and thwart its nuclear ambitions were failing even before he nearly started a catastrophic war.
By Jonah Shepp
The Strategy Behind Trump’s Incoherent Iran Address Trump’s remarks were about sweet-talking his base and reclaiming the narrative — even if it meant confusing and angering our allies.
By Heather Hurlburt
The ‘Painful Consequences’ of Trump’s Soleimani Decision Are Already Here From the gobsmacking confusion over the U.S. presence in Iraq to reports of discrimination at the border, we don’t have to wait for Iran’s response.
By Heather Hurlburt
At U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Trump’s Middle East Rhetoric Meets Reality The attack underscores that Trump’s efforts to hobble Iran and conclude our “endless wars” won’t come to fruition anytime soon.
By Heather Hurlburt
Kim Jong-un Is Plotting a Not So Happy New Year North Korea failed to deliver on its ominous promise of a Christmas “gift” to the U.S., but it’s still preparing to ratchet up tensions in 2020.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
Nov. 22, 2019
Netanyahu’s Indictment Won’t Solve Israel’s Political Paralysis Pressing, existential questions about the country’s future extend well beyond the fate of one man.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Nov. 19, 2019
Hopes Dim for a Peaceful End to Hong Kong Protests If foreign governments and businesses won’t go to bat for protesters, it may only be a matter of time before Beijing turns to deadly force.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump’s Israeli Settlement Reversal Is About What’s Good for Him, Not the Law There’s scant evidence that the U.S. examined “all sides of the legal debate,” but altering the longstanding policy has domestic advantages for Trump.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
Nov. 11, 2019
The Downfall of Bolivia’s Evo Morales Shows the Value of Term Limits The Bolivian president was in office too long and had become obsessed with staying. On Sunday he resigned amid allegations of election rigging.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Oct. 30, 2019
A Snap Election Won’t Solve the U.K.’s Brexit Crisis Even if Boris Johnson gets everything he wants on December 12, a huge segment of the public will still be deeply unhappy with his version of Brexit.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Oct. 23, 2019
Boris Johnson Finally Gets a Brexit Win — Followed by a Huge Setback MPs approved the prime minister’s deal in principle, but rejected his timetable. Now Johnson is facing another Brexit delay, and may call an election.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Oct. 21, 2019
It’s a Crucial Week for Brexit (Yes, Again) Parliament withheld support for Boris Johnson’s deal on Saturday, so now Brexit’s fate will come down to how MPs amend the terms of the withdrawal.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump Is Letting Turkey Bully the United States The U.S. delegation got to announce a Syria cease-fire, but only after Ankara gave them a taste of the humiliation that weak nations endure regularly.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
Oct. 14, 2019
Trump Didn’t Free Us From Syria’s ‘Endless War,’ He Just Made It Worse The president congratulated himself for pulling U.S. forces out of a Mideast quagmire, but his haphazard decision is perpetuating a destructive cycle.
By Jonah Shepp
The NBA Is Making Its China Problem Worse By throwing out protesting fans and shutting down questions from reporters, the league is making sure the issue doesn’t go away.
By Adam K. Raymond
president trump
Oct. 10, 2019
Trump’s Betrayal of the Kurds May Be the Dumbest Move of His Presidency He found one of the few ways to make GOP senators shout, “Donald Trump is misusing executive power,” right as impeachment gets rolling.
By Eric Levitz
foreign interests
Oct. 9, 2019
Trump and Erdogan Are Only Increasing the Odds of an ISIS Comeback Turkey claims its attack on the Kurds, which Trump cleared the way for, is about securing “peace.” It’s likely to do the exact opposite.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Is a Mistake We’re Doomed to Repeat Military and GOP leaders rebuked Trump over December’s abrupt Syria shift, but didn’t go far enough. Their latest complaints won’t rein him in either.
By Heather Hurlburt
global politics
Oct. 7, 2019
The NBA–Hong Kong Controversy Suggests History Isn’t Ending How We’d Planned Economic integration was supposed to bring democracy to China. Instead, it’s brought Chinese state censorship to corporate America.
By Eric Levitz
foreign interests
Oct. 2, 2019
A Year Later, Khashoggi’s Murder Has Only Been a Good Thing for MBS The U.S. and the world’s business community have failed to hold the Saudis accountable – but the murder sent a clear message to would-be dissenters.
By Jonah Shepp
world view
Sept. 25, 2019
Trump’s Low-Energy U.N. Speech Said More Than He Realized It’s hard to tell if Trump or his audience was more disinterested, but the text contained lessons about his team’s disturbing tactics and goals.
By Heather Hurlburt
just asking questions
Sept. 24, 2019
Do We Need to Abandon Growth to Save the Planet? A conversation with scientist Vaclav Smil, author of Growth — a dense treatise that covers everything from “microorganisms to megacities.”
By David Wallace-Wells
foreign interests
Sept. 18, 2019
Israel’s Election Deadlock May Mean Netanyahu’s Luck Has Finally Run Out Neither the right wing nor the center-left has a clear path to a majority in the Knesset – and Netanyahu’s hold on power is now even shakier.
By Jonah Shepp
world view
Sept. 13, 2019
Trump Tells the World He’s Desperate to Play Dealmaker Trump is ready to move past his Taliban summit debacle, but it offered strategic lessons adversaries like Iran and North Korea won’t soon forget.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
Sept. 12, 2019
Latest Brexit Loss Leaves Boris Johnson Denying He Lied to the Queen A Scottish court’s ruling that Johnson gave the queen misleading advice could lead to the reopening of Parliament, and new calls for his resignation.
By Jonah Shepp
world view
Sept. 10, 2019
John Bolton Goes Down With the Ship Bolton was happy to help Trump subvert the national security decision-making process – then the chaos did him in, too.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
Sept. 4, 2019
Boris Johnson’s Brinkmanship Can’t Solve the Brexit Mess After Tory MPs revolt, Johnson bets early elections will give him a mandate. The likelier result: more political paralysis and no Brexit solution.
By Jonah Shepp
global politics
Aug. 28, 2019
G7 ‘Breakthrough’ on Iran Turns Out to Be a Bust On Monday, Trump and his Iranian counterpart indicated that they were open to meeting; on Tuesday, Rouhani shut it down.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Aug. 20, 2019
Trump’s Empty Threats to China Won’t Help Hong Kong The Trump administration’s tough talk on holding up already-stalled trade talks won’t keep Beijing from cracking down on protesters in Hong Kong.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump’s Selfish Foreign Policy Doesn’t Really Put America First Trump acts like rising tensions in Asia aren’t of interest to Americans. When a crisis comes and we don’t have the tools to respond, they will be.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
Aug. 12, 2019
What You Need to Know About India’s Power Grab in Kashmir Revoking Kashmir’s special status ratcheted up tensions with Pakistan and China, threatening to ignite fresh conflict in the heavily militarized area.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Aug. 8, 2019
If China Cracks Down on Hong Kong, There’s Little Anyone Can Do to Stop It Beijing has reason to tread carefully. But if it doesn’t, there’s not much the international community can do — especially with Trump standing aside.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
July 23, 2019
Britain Needs Strong Leadership. Now It Has Showman Boris Johnson. With the Brexit crisis and Iran conflict looming, the U.K.’s new prime minister must prove he’s more than just bluster – and do it fast.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump May Leave Office in 2021, But His Foreign Policy Mess Will Linger It’s unwise to assume — as some 2020 contenders seem to — that the next president can just step back into Washington’s global role pre-Trump.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign interests
July 1, 2019
Trump’s G20 Trip Was a Victory for Dictators At the summit, President Trump cemented his friendships with authoritarian leaders like Putin and Kim, while giving short shrift to democratic allies.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump’s Iran Accusations Put U.S. Credibility on the Line Perhaps Iran really did attack two oil tankers. But experts are skeptical, and if the administration is crying wolf there could be dire consequences.
By Heather Hurlburt
Trump Has Undone the Alliance That Made D-Day a Success For decades, the U.S. and Europe were tightly bound by shared values and sacrifice. Trump’s visit normalized a reality that is none of those things.
By Heather Hurlburt
Will Donald Trump Accidentally Start a War? When no one can tell which advisers are really in charge or what D.C. will do next, it makes an inadvertent slide into conflict much more likely.
By Heather Hurlburt
global politics
May 24, 2019
Theresa May to Resign As U.K. Prime Minister After Brexit Failures May’s voice cracked as she announced that she will step down on June 7, after three failed attempts to pass her Brexit plan.
By Margaret Hartmann
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