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Tuesday 03/January/2017 14:45 PM

The five lessons of populist rule

Jarosław Kaczyński, Poland’s de facto leader, has become, next to Donald Trump, an avatar of the populist threat to the Western democratic model. As we...

Tuesday 03/January/2017 14:29 PM

“America first” and global conflict next

Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States does not just represent a mounting populist backlash against globalisation. It may also portend...

Monday 02/January/2017 15:17 PM

My 2017 prediction? Nothing will change

At the end of each year, commentators traditionally reflect on emergent themes likely to shape the future. The current consensus identifies two themes for...

Monday 02/January/2017 14:46 PM

Are Chinese enterprises being taxed to death?

A couple of weeks ago, an interview with the Chinese auto-glass tycoon Cao Dewang sparked a heated discussion across China. Cao explained that his recent...

Monday 02/January/2017 14:26 PM

Educating Syria’s rebuilders

In Aleppo, the devastated Syrian city and former rebel stronghold that has now been retaken by Syrian government forces, there was a glimmer of hope even as...

Monday 02/January/2017 14:03 PM

Learning to love a multipolar world

American foreign policy is at a crossroads. The United States has been an expanding power since its start in 1789. It battled its way across North America...

Sunday 01/January/2017 15:26 PM

Traditional medicine won't cure China's ills

For decades, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (or TCM) have disputed accusations that their craft is a pseudo-science, a placebo, exploitative...

Sunday 01/January/2017 14:26 PM

How to help the African dust bowl

Picture a small farm under a blazing hot sky. An intense drought is afflicting the surrounding region, prospects for the next harvest are bleak, and the...