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How was the greatest football ecosystem in history created?

Globalization Nawaf Obaid - May 31, 2026.

Paris Saint-Germain’s second consecutive UEFA Champions League title has confirmed what has been clear for years: France is no longer just one of football’s great...

Partners, not protectorates - What will future American alliances look like?

Politics Richard Haass - June 3, 2026.

US President Donald Trump’s second administration has been clear from the outset that it would recast American foreign policy in fundamental ways. Its National Security Strategy,...

Why the ECB should not raise interest rates yet?

Finances Philippe Legrain - June 7, 2026.

The European Central Bank appears set to raise interest rates on June 11. Policymakers’ statements suggest this, markets expect it, and the ECB’s economic analysis...

After the war Iran will remain a destabilizing force in the Middle East

Middle East Shlomo Ben-Ami - May 14, 2026.

Major wars usher in new international orders. The Thirty Years’ War brought the Peace of Westphalia. The Napoleonic Wars gave rise to the Concert of...

EU budget battle reveals existential angst

EU Ferry Biedermann - May 28, 2026.

There’s a famous quip about European inability to act on the world stage, attributed, probably wrongly, to Henry Kissinger: Who do I call if I...

Two aging leaders do not hold the cards to end the wars they started

Politics Carl Bildt - May 18, 2026.

Two aging leaders are struggling to get out of disastrous wars that they personally drove their countries into. Neither is succeeding.  When Russian President Vladimir Putin...

US travel ban leaves South Sudan even more alone in facing myriad challenges

Politics Sharmila Devi - June 5, 2026.

A US travel ban on people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan imposed after an Ebola outbreak in the...

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