This comes from the Mail, yesterday afternoon: President Donald Trump is preparing to counter Chinese influence in Canada as his ‘Donroe Doctrine’ for the Western Hemisphere expands beyond Latin
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Denmark’s real defence mechanism is its pharmaceutical trade
If Trump chooses to threaten Denmark militarily over Greenland, Denmark cannot respond militarily. It does not have the scale. But it does have the sort
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Do we succumb to the politics of might, or choose the politics of care?
It would be terribly convenient to suggest that Donald Trump is mad; that his breaches of international law can be ignored; that his threats of
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The toxic politics of might and money
The Guardian has noted this morning that: Donald Trump has appointed the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and former British prime minister Tony Blair to a
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Glossary entry: Globalisation
It was pointed out to me earlier this week that the glossary lacked an entry on globalisation. The following list makes up for that deficiency.
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Toxic Tories
We posted this video before midday today, but another recording delayed me from sharing it here. The transcript is as follows: How toxic do you
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There is no pension crisis, but there is a political crisis that won’t address the issue of pensions
The FT has published an article with the headline: Can Europe still afford its generous state pensions? At the core of the argument the piece
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What happens when the internet is turned off?
These are two related headlines from the FT, both from yesterday. Start with this: Then, note this: There is no coincidence here, at all, of
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Trump, the dollar and you
We issued this YouTube short at lunchtime today: This is the transcript: Donald Trump is opposing Jerome Powell, who is the chair of the US
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