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
World
Wednesday
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
Wednesday
The foreign policy amateur
So far Biden has alienated allies and layered on the bureaucracy — what next?
Tuesday
Biden’s big UN whopper
He says America doesn’t want to fight ‘the wars of the past’, but we still are
Sunday
Ticking off the French was strategic genius
America used a submarine deal to send a message to the freeloading Europeans
Wednesday
Will Biden deal with the Taliban?
He may need to, given that we still have interests in Afghanistan
Tuesday
The myth of the good Afghan war
Nothing we did in Afghanistan really worked
Monday
The return of Marty Peretz
Ex-proprietor likes the look of Vlad Davidzon
Saturday
Why can’t we fire the Blob?
These people give chutzpah a bad name
Friday
Can China save us from Prince Harry?
The prince blamed misinformation for hindering the vaccine rollout, because of course he did
Thursday
The Taliban didn’t beat America. Afghanistan did
The group has not changed its stripes. Quite the contrary
Tuesday
North Korea will be Biden’s real test
Time to talk to the portly pariah of Pyongyang
Should we love Afghan hounds more than American soldiers?
Cry havoc — and don’t forget the dogs of war