Today
- Opinion
- China relations
Biden’s quiet re-engagement with China could stop Middle East war
While it is hard to put a value on a dialogue that is unlikely to yield big breakthroughs, it’s easy to imagine the alternative.
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This Month
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden must keep a seething Netanyahu in check
The temptation is to offer Israel’s leader unconditional support, but it would be wiser to try to break the cycle of violence in the region.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
America turns against Ukraine before election
The ousting of Kevin McCarthy as Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives is bad news for Ukraine.
- Updated
July
- Opinion
- Inflation
Why US voters are unimpressed with falling inflation
The US president must find ways of spreading the benefits of economic growth to society as a whole.
- Updated
- Opinion
- US election
The great Ron DeSantis campaign train wreck
The case for the Florida governor as the Republican nominee is based on a fatal misreading of what Donald Trump voters really want.
June
- Opinion
- Global economy
Game, set and almost match to Biden on the debt ceiling
The Republicans’ high drama has barely dented the US president’s agenda.
May
- Opinion
- Social media
Beware Elon Musk’s warped political motives
The billionaire entrepreneur’s AI initiative is disturbing in light of his selective approach to political and civic freedoms.
- Opinion
- World politics
Biden has to deal with the Kamala question
The US President’s advanced age means his running mate in the 2024 election needs to be made ready for the presidency. The more exposure she is given now the better.
April
US dumps free market ideals to contain China
Washington’s goal in previous decades of integrating China has been replaced with a debate about how to dis-integrate China.
- Opinion
- World politics
Why Trump is certain to win in court of public opinion
The New York indictment is an extraordinary moment for the former president – and for American justice.
March
- Opinion
- China relations
China is right about US containment
There is no endgame to today’s cold war. Unlike the USSR, China inhabits historic boundaries and is never likely to dissolve. The US needs a strategy to cope with a China that will always be there.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
There’s a bigger urgency about COVID-19 than discovering its origins
The new cold war between the US and China makes the chance of another pandemic more likely.
December 2022
- Opinion
- World politics
The American left’s chronic nimby problem
Progressives like to embrace worthy causes but not often at the cost of having their lives disrupted.
November 2022
- Opinion
- US election
Why Joe Biden shouldn’t run for a second term
The US president has a chance to earn history’s affection and his country’s respect by avoiding what would surely be a painful second term.
- Opinion
- US Congress
Pelosi’s tenure as House Speaker is unlikely to be surpassed
She asserted an iron will as Democrats’ longest-serving leader and never lost her grip on the party.
- Opinion
- US election
Democrats beware, Trumpism is here to stay
Donald Trump may not become the next US president, but his rivals will need to lead the MAGA movement he created to win.
- Opinion
- US midterm elections
For Biden, Trump is the gift that keeps on giving
The fact that the red wave became a red ripple suggests the anger of America’s voters does not equate to recklessness.
- Updated
- Opinion
- US midterm elections
This will be the mother of all American midterm elections
The enduring belief by some that Donald Trump was robbed in 2020 has put the US political system itself on the ballot.
October 2022
- Opinion
- US midterm elections
America’s brittle consensus on Ukraine will soon break
The pressure on Biden to negotiate with Putin is bound to grow, especially after Republicans win the midterms and with a US recession looming.
- Opinion
- Inside China
Containing China is Biden’s explicit goal
US efforts to isolate Beijing’s high-tech sector may accelerate Xi Jinping’s bid to take control of Taiwan.
