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The Next Catastrophe is Already in Sight
On Sept. 11, 2001, I was in an airplane at Kennedy International Airport bound for Europe, scheduled to leave at 8:30 a.m. For some
The Digital Currency Race Has a Simple Rule Central Banks Keep Ignoring
Every major central bank now insists it is building a digital currency. Almost none of them are winning the argument that actually decides these
The Nuclear Comeback Europe Didn’t Expect
Italy’s nuclear comeback would be less about whether Europe “likes” nuclear than about whether Europe can afford not to hedge. And if Italy demonstrates
What a Canada–EU Pact Could Actually Mean
This week in Strasbourg, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will sit in the gallery for Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union
Trump’s Irish Reunification Remark Could Reopen a Question Europe Thought It Had Learned to Manage
Donald Trump’s declaration that he would “love to see” a united Ireland may have lasted only a few moments, but the political question it
BRICS 2026 is Proof That Diplomacy Still Works
In our fractured world, the 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, produced something that has become rare in high politics: a long, negotiated
