A couple of weeks ago, I left my car in the hands of an Arab mechanic. He repaired what the garage described as potentially life-threatening faults in the braking system. It never
A couple of weeks ago, I left my car in the hands of an Arab mechanic. He repaired what the garage described as potentially life-threatening faults in the braking system. It never
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Nicolas Berggruen is a billionaire who prefers conversations with philosophers to the political spectacle favoured by fellow magnates Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. Rather than funding radical candidates or pursuing public power,
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The United Nations vote on the Resolution by Cuba, calling for the United States to end the blockade against that island is deeply revealing. While seven CARICOM countries voted to end the
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Britain is expanding its military involvement in the conflict in Yemen by allowing aerial refuelling support for Saudi fighter jets engaged in bombing operations against Houthi targets, even as civilian casualties from
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In February, Eric and Donald Jr. sat down with a reporter to explain why Abu Dhabi paid $500m for a stake in World Liberty Financial. Don Jr. said, “They tried all this
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The leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured a historic victory in Brazil’s presidential election on 25 October 2026. The result came amid intense political and social polarization and the growing
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The student protests in Serbia, which began in the wake of the tragic event in Novi Sad in November 2024, only occasionally made the front pages of the world’s media. That is
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On Sunday, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned home after ten months in exile. In the time since she last set foot on Venezuelan soil, the United States arrested authoritarian leader
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From threatened colonial institutions and mass police deployment in New Delhi to student protests against alleged electoral disenfranchisement, India’s democratic contradictions are becoming increasingly visible. As constitutional rights collide with excessive state
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Nearly eight decades after the events of 1947, Kashmir remains one of South Asia’s most enduring territorial and political disputes. Competing claims of sovereignty, unresolved questions of political consent, and recurring India–Pakistan
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When Abelardo de la Espriella was declared the winner of Colombia’s presidential elections, he announced his plan to sever diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, saying, “In my government there will be no ties
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Walk into any café, look into a living room, observe a family sitting down for a meal, or look around while walking down the street or travelling on a bus, and one
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In the vast steppe of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, small herds of Przewalski’s horses, the world’s last surviving wild horse species, roam the Kalamaili Nature Reserve. They search for food
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After the piece below had been drafted, news came in of a third development that was perhaps even more consequential than the two described, the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,
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The week before 25 October in Brazil was frenetic. It appeared that every one of the over 200 million Brazilians had a political opinion about the presidential election. The country was fundamentally
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