De redactie van NRC selecteert de beste artikelen uit The Economist voor een breder perspectief op internationale politiek en ...

In an era of change, Andy Burnham promises to rewind the clock.

Of the qualities the American right has come to despise in the left, empathy is the most puzzling. Boy, do they hate it. A ...

Mr Musk is divisive. His political views, disseminated to his 240m followers on X, strike many as plain-speaking and strike ...

Then Mr Trump launched his war with Iran, upending Gulf business models. It is hard for Arab states to build billion-dollar ...

Playgrounds the world over have done their utmost to eliminate risk. Why expose children to injuries, even minor ones, if ...

Forget the gibes about the old continent being a museum in which Europeans can live out their unambitious dolce vita. These ...

It is too darn hot. On July 14th the surface temperature of Earth’s tropical and mid-latitude oceans was higher than on any ...

A tugboat guides a ship at one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on July 14, 2026.

Putting boots on the ground would not help Ukraine, but it might help Europe find the stomach for war, writes Nathalie Tocci.

Europe wants bigger firms. Its apparatchiks say so every time they talk about integration and competitiveness. „The leaders want true European champions,” announced António Costa, the Portuguese head ...

As in previous decades, the recommendations of investment gurus—how to cut expenses, build a savings fund or avoid scams—are ...