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  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    How to talk Trump down from his Greenland blackmail

    The president’s threats are an existential moment for the transatlantic alliance

    Danish soldiers in camouflage uniforms and winter gear walk through a snowy port area in Nuuk, Greenland, carrying equipment
  • Sunday, 18 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Why the UK needs a credible Conservative Party

    Kemi Badenoch’s Tories have to learn to like Britain again

    Hugh Beattie stands at his stall between colorful geometric paintings of Kemi Badenoch and Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party conference.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    The ‘big man’ era of football managers is past

    As clubs have grown, the gaffer’s power has been diluted by multiple executives

    Arsène Wenger and Alex Ferguson walk side by side in suits before the 1998 FA Charity Shield at Wembley Stadium
  • Thursday, 15 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Britain’s business rates system is not fit for purpose

    Temporary reliefs are a sticking plaster for a tax that needs reform

    The boarded up Crayford Arms pub in south-east London
  • Wednesday, 14 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    The dangers of a trigger-happy US president

    American intervention in Iran carries far greater risks than in Venezuela

    Donald J. Trump salutes a uniformed Marine as he steps off Marine One on the White House South Lawn.
  • Tuesday, 13 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Curbing sexual deepfakes is a moral imperative

    Musk has mischaracterised the dispute with the UK and others over indecent AI images as censorship

    The Grok app is open on an iPhone in front of a laptop displaying X (formerly Twitter) search results.
  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Donald Trump’s foolhardy assault on the Federal Reserve

    Independence of US central bank is a vital anchor for the global financial system

    Jerome Powell speaks in a video message, wearing a suit and tie, with a U.S. flag and blue curtain behind him.
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Beware of overconfidence

    There are limits to extrapolating from last year’s economic resilience

    A trader monitors multiple computer screens with financial data on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Friday, 9 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Trump unbound: unconstrained at home, adventurist abroad

    America is accelerating the shift towards a Hobbesian order

    Donald Trump speaks at a podium with a U.S. flag behind him as someone in the audience records on a smartphone.
  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    South-east Asia’s surprising resilience to the tariff war

    Asean countries should build on their durability with domestic and trade reforms

    A worker operates a screw manufacturing machine surrounded by industrial equipment at a factory in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam.
  • Wednesday, 7 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    How Europe should respond to Trump’s Greenland threats

    US move on the island would be a breach of the transatlantic alliance

    Emmanuel Macron, Mette Frederiksen, Friedrich Merz, and Donald Tusk stand together in discussion at the EPC Summit.
  • Tuesday, 6 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Iran needs to help itself and change course

    Facing mounting domestic protests, the Islamic regime should seek an off-ramp

    An overturned car and several large fires burn outside at night, with flames and smoke rising near a police station.
  • Monday, 5 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Britain’s prime ministerial carousel

    Flip-flopping leadership is economically damaging and a sign of a deeper malaise

    Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak stand holding poppy wreaths, with Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, and Theresa May behind them at the Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
  • Sunday, 4 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Donald Trump’s reckless intervention in Venezuela

    Few will mourn Maduro’s ousting, but its manner sets a dangerous precedent

    A person wearing a Venezuelan flag cap watches a news broadcast showing images of Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump, and protests.
  • Friday, 2 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Three questions AI needs to answer

    Evaluation of use cases and business models will dominate 2026

    A person interacts with a virtual projection displaying digital human icons and data visualizations, representing artificial intelligence.
  • Thursday, 1 January, 2026
    The editorial board
    Trump’s momentous second year

    2026 will test his limits and the extent of America’s pushback

    Donald Trump stands with raised hands in the Presidential Box at the Kennedy Center Opera House, above the presidential seal.
  • Tuesday, 30 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Reasons for youthful cheer

    Despite the gloom, there are many advantages to being young in the 2020s

    Six people sit around a holiday dinner table, toasting with wine and smiling, surrounded by festive food.
  • Monday, 29 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    The human cost of a world without rules

    International humanitarian law and the rights of civilians are being eroded

    A mother with her two-year-old child at a refugee camp in Gaza City in July
  • Sunday, 28 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Santa’s good and bad economies list

    It has been a very mixed year for reforms and sensible governance

    An OOCL container ship docked at a brightly lit port, with cranes unloading shipping containers at night.
  • Friday, 26 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    The malaise of multilateralism

    A reboot of the UN and nimbler forms of co-operation are necessary

    Antonio Costa, Li Qiang, Anthony Albanese, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Cyril Ramaphosa, Joao Lourenco, Mark Carney, and Emmanuel Macron stand holding hands at the G20 Summit.
  • Wednesday, 24 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Let boredom be the mother of invention

    Idleness breeds creativity if only we can ignore shallow technology distractions

    A family laughing together while playing games around a coffee table, with a decorated Christmas tree and festive crackers nearby.
  • Monday, 22 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Britain’s bargain takeover market

    Surge in foreign acquisition values reflects quality of assets, but at discount valuations

    Commuters pass the London Stock Exchange Group building
  • Sunday, 21 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Europe needs strategic purpose matched with action

    A €90bn Ukraine loan should mark the beginning of a more decisive and ambitious EU

    Mette Frederiksen, Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen hold hands and smile at a press conference
  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Don’t believe the fake gloom about London

    The UK capital is subject to more than its fair share of misinformation

    Passengers on the top deck of a red London bus look out at Oxford Street’s Christmas lights shaped like stars and icicles.
  • Thursday, 18 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Latin America swings to the right

    Crime and violence are raising the appeal of strongmen across the region

    José Antonio Kast appears at a rally on Sunday
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