- — April: the longer view
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at 4/15/25 4:50amThe month's archives. - 2025/04 / article, perspective- — What's trade got to do with it?
- at 4/9/25 7:56amThe World Bank and other international agencies compile annual data on the aggregated value of international trade in goods and services as a proportion of GDP around the world. They use these data to calculate what is often called the trade openness index, giving users a rough sense of the relative importance of trade to any given country. - Outside in / article, Comment
- — Is China intent on remaking the world order?
- at 4/4/25 5:15amOn this month's podcast we're joined by Le Monde diplomatique's new Asia head, Renaud Lambert, who writes in the current edition of the paper about China's global ambitions (‘China: the invention of the roadmap to global power'). The dominant western narrative maintains China is pursuing a master plan to remake the world in its own image, steered by a solitary autocrat, Xi Jinping. Rather than a grand strategy for world domination, Lambert finds a messier reality of devolved power and (…) - 2024/03 / Podcast, 2024/03 China
- — Japan: Far East or Far West?
- at 4/2/25 7:51amIn December 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbour, the United States declared war on Japan. The war went on for three years and 8 months; the American occupation of Japan lasted twice as long. Over this period, Washington transformed Japan's institutions, political system and — for a while at least — its social structure. Japan had already undergone an initial process of change, inspired by the West, at the end of the 19th century; its surrender in 1945 led to a further change, this time (…) - Ebooks / ebook, Dossier
- — Canada's French-speaking population
- at 4/1/25 3:36am- North America / Map, 2025/04 canada
- — Europe's growing militarisation
- at 4/1/25 3:36am- Europe / Map, 2025/04 russia
- — The Saya de Malha bank
- at 4/1/25 3:36am- Environment / Map, 2025/04 saya
- — Why Spain stands with Palestine
- at 4/1/25 3:35amSpain's leftwing government has been robust in its support for Palestine and Palestinians, in stark contrast to many other European nations. The reasons lie in its shared history with the Arab world. - 2025/04 / article
- — Do Canadians still need French?
- at 4/1/25 3:35amCanada has been officially bilingual for over half a century, but the country's French speakers are worried their language is gradually losing its status in all aspects of life. Some see the ‘Francisation' of new immigrants as the answer. - 2025/04 / article, 2025/04 canada
- — Nepal's ‘abolished' caste system is still going strong
- at 4/1/25 3:35amThere is one form of domination that Nepalis rarely discuss and the Maoists have completely ignored: the supremacy of the Bahuns (or Brahmins, the clerical caste) – and to a lesser extent, the Chhetris (or Kshatriyas, the warrior caste) – in all sectors of society. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda'), former supreme commander of the Maoist forces, is a Bahun, as are Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, the irremovable leader of the UML, and his counterpart in the NC. So too is Thabang (…) - 2025/04 / article, 2025/04 nepal
- — Nepal moves on, but a corrupt culture lingers
- at 4/1/25 3:35amNepal has had almost two decades of peace after a brutal civil war that ended the monarchy and brought in democracy. But elite corruption and mass migration are thwarting hopes of a new Nepal. - 2025/04 / article, 2025/04 nepal
- — Bank raid in the Indian Ocean
- at 4/1/25 3:35amThe little-known Saya de Malha bank in the Indian Ocean is one of the world's biggest seagrass meadows and carbon sinks. Yet its biodiversity is under threat from unregulated industrial fishing. - 2025/04 / article, 2025/04 saya
- — Florida goes national
- at 4/1/25 3:35amThe Sunshine State was long a swing state, but not any more. Now it's red in tooth and claw, and its politicians dominate the new Trump administration. - 2025/04 / article
- — How soft is soft power really?
- at 4/1/25 3:35amThe concept of soft power – winning hearts and minds as a way of creating allies and avoiding conflict – took off after the cold war. But it's never been as benign as its neoliberal advocates would have us believe. - 2025/04 / article
- — Serbians demand an end to corruption
- at 4/1/25 3:35amAnger has been growing in Serbia since an accident at a railway station killed 15 people in November. Beyond the human tragedy, it highlights how bad things have got in one of Europe's most corrupt states. - 2025/04 / article
- — The illusion of a common EU defence policy
- at 4/1/25 3:35amInvoking the ‘Russian threat' has created European unity, in appearance at least. But with the US disengaging from Europe's defence, has the EU's strategic compass lost its bearings? - 2025/04 / article
- — Europe's crisis playbook
- at 4/1/25 3:35amThe EU could, like Turkey, have backed Ukraine in its war against Russia, while simultaneously seeking a mediator role. It didn't. Instead, it's positioned itself in a civilisational struggle. - 2025/04 / article
- — The US washes its hands of Europe
- at 4/1/25 3:35amDonald Trump has made no secret of his contempt for the EU, calling it a foe whose days of freeloading are up. EU leaders now talk of asserting ‘European power', but it's unclear what this means. - 2025/04 / article
- — Can Ukraine call postwar elections?
- at 4/1/25 3:35amWith millions of Ukrainians displaced or living under Russian occupation or in exile, elections will be hard to organise, but parties are already preparing. - 2025/04 / article
- — Europe on the horns of the security dilemma
- at 4/1/25 3:35amFew serious analysts believe Russia wants a broader war with Europe, but European leaders speak as if it's only a matter of time. The risks of adopting that mindset are considerable. - 2025/04 / article, 2025/04 russia
- — Censors of the world, unite!
- at 4/1/25 3:35amA strange new axis is taking shape. Not the ‘axis of evil' that purportedly united the West's enemies, nor the one that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appear to be forming. But a broader, lesser-known alliance: an international confederacy of censors that brings together autocrats, democrats and bureaucrats. Trump, who was kicked off social media platforms at the end of his first term, vowed to restore freedom of speech in the US, galvanising his supporters, whose often outrageous views (…) - 2025/04 / editorial
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