Can Viktor Orbán’s conservatism work in America?
The US right embraces Hungary but our folk libertarianism makes it a hard sell
World
Monday
Thursday
Have Americans got George III all wrong?
George III was a model monarch, whose reputation finally deserves rehabilitation a quarter of a millennium later
What Bernard-Henri Lévy sees for the West
I have come to ask Lévy about the future of the West — if, that is, he feels there will be one
Florence with Dante
Had Dante been alive today, he would have reserved an inner circle of hell for the bureaucrats
Wednesday
Stop pretending Ukraine will ever be in NATO
It’s a fantasy that accomplishes nothing except to provoke Vladimir Putin
Tuesday
America needs more than ‘guardrails’ with China
The Biden-Xi summit revealed only the irreconcilable differences between Washington and Beijing
Saturday
Communist China abandons Confucius
They’ve strayed far from their roots, though maybe America can still learn from him
Friday
The dictator behind Europe’s next migrant crisis
Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has the EU over a barrel
Tuesday
Kamala in Paris
America’s most undiplomatic politician heads to France to unwind a diplomatic faux pas
Thursday
The Grand Old Duke of York attacks an Epstein victim
Prince Andrew has never looked more desperate and vindictive
Friday
What’s wrong with Queen Elizabeth?
Something might well be wrong
Wednesday
America has few good options in Haiti
US missionaries have been kidnapped by a gang — yet there’s very little we can do about it
Tuesday
Don’t fear North Korea’s recent missile launch
It might have driven clicks but it’s not a serious threat to anyone
Monday
Evergrande illusions
Expect more Evergrandes from China’s command economy
Scotland by sleeper
Wanting to avoid the airport, I took a late-evening, six-and-a-half-hour train from Edinburgh to Bristol
Tuesday
The Taliban learn just how hard governing Afghanistan is
A civil war America is thankfully no longer a part of
Thursday
Greta Thunberg didn’t win the German elections
The Greens did well, yes, but so did a party of forward-thinking classical liberals
Wednesday
Taiwan could spark a war between America and China
If current trends persist, it’s a matter of when and not if
Biden stole Trump’s foreign policy
He promised a sea change but he’s done next to nothing different
Friday
The next real estate crisis could come from China
Evergrande is in serious trouble
