Remembering the miracle of 1989
This month marks 30 years since Europe—and human civilisation generally—began to undergo a miraculous transformation that is now etched in the world’s memory. By the summer of 1989, the Soviet Union was already in terminal decline.
20 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Towards a new global charter
In August 1941, even before the United States had entered World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D Roosevelt met secretly off the coast of Newfoundland to discuss how the world could be organised after the war.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Showdown in Munich
It was at the 2007 Munich Security Conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin first signalled a cooling of Russian-Western relations.
22 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Navigating the Syrian endgame
After a suspiciously sudden conversion, Russian President Vladimir Putin now claims to be worried about the fate of millions of refugees who have fled the carnage in Syria.
24 August 2018, 18:00 PM
The End of NATO?
What is left of NATO and the transatlantic order after US President Donald Trump's tumultuous week in Brussels, the United Kingdom, and Helsinki, where he defended Russian President Vladimir Putin against accusations of cyber warfare by America's own intelligence agencies?
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
The West's Crisis of Confidence
In an age defined by US President Donald Trump's rage, Russian President Vladimir Putin's revisionism, and Chinese President Xi Jinping's unbridled ambition, the international order is becoming increasingly disorderly, dysfunctional, and even dangerous. How did we arrive at this state of affairs? And how can we leave it behind?
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Securing the digital transition
Every year, the World Economic Forum publishes a Global Risks Report, which distills the views of experts and policymakers from around the world.
26 January 2018, 18:00 PM
The Pandora's box of the digital age
Is the world sliding dangerously toward cyber Armageddon? Let us hope not; but let us also apprehend the threat, and focus on what to do about it.
22 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Saying Yes to Europe
In 1963, French President Charles de Gaulle stunned the United Kingdom by rejecting its application to join the European Economic
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Development's Digital Divide
ON September 25, world leaders will gather in New York to adopt the new Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, comprising 17 goals and 169 related targets, are the result of extensive political negotiations, and will set the benchmarks over the next 15 years for achieving the international community's overarching objective: to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere.”
28 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Why Europe Backs Obama on Iran
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems close to ordering a general mobilization of his country's military, and Republicans in the United States are preparing for a ferocious battle with President Barack Obama's administration, in the wake of the framework nuclear agreement with Iran.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM