The hegemon slips

We are in a real-life game of Risk. In 2019, Fiona Hill, an official at the US National Security Council during Donald Trump’s first term, said the Russians had informally proposed a plan whereby they

Issue of the week: Venezuela and the markets ...

How’s the trade war going? Short answer: as badly as expected. Capricious tariffs have shown the rest of the world that the US cannot be trusted. And they have pushed trading partners away and closer

“The failure of economists to forecast recessions is virtually unblemished,” notes Prakash Loungani, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This includes the economists at the IM

On to Greenland! The White House is now discussing a “range of options for acquiring Greenland”, we hear. But whoa! Let’s slow down. Nicolas Maduro is to be tried by a legitimate court on legitimate c

Saint Paul, Minnesota Walz bows out: Tim Walz, ...