JOURNALISM
Evergrande's Fall Shows How Xi Has Created a China Crisis
The developer’s collapse isn’t leading to global contagion, but China’s looming economic disaster might.
Sept. 11 and the Future of American History
Twenty years after the horrific attacks on New York and Washington, it’s clear that the biggest changes of our time were not ideological or geopolitical, but technological. They were also the hardest to foresee.
How Angela Merkel Turned Back the Clock of German History
The outgoing German chancellor is overrated at home and abroad.
50 Years After Going Off Gold, the Dollar Must Go for Crypto
After Richard Nixon scrapped Bretton Woods, the U.S. currency’s exorbitant privilege only grew — because the U.S. embraced innovation, not regulation.
The World’s Cascade of Disasters Is Not a Coincidence
A pandemic, fires, floods, popular unrest — it’s an intertwined pattern seen throughout history and even in the Bible.
China’s Attacks on Tech Are a Losing Strategy in Cold War II
Forcing DiDi and Alibaba to toe the Communist Party line may help Xi build a police state but will stall the nation’s dynamic industry.
Get Ready to Live With Covid’s Hassles Forever
Just as with airline security after 9/11, many "temporary" pandemic regulations are with us to stay.
Politics in the Time of Corona
Latin American leaders on the right and left have not fared well against Covid. In other ways, too, the U.S. is increasingly resembling its neighbors to the south.
How a Brainiac and a Villain Became Covid Heroes
Audrey Tang empowered Taiwan’s citizens. Dominic Cummings lost out to British bureaucracy.