If Le Pen wins
There is a serious possibility that Marine Le Pen could win the presidential election in France in spring 2022.
There is a serious possibility that Marine Le Pen could win the presidential election in France in spring 2022.
This year the war in Afghanistan will come to an end, in a phase involving both the US and NATO, following the withdrawal announced by Biden.
Among the destructive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, one is the worldwide decline of the global middle class, except in China.
The political and geopolitical convergence between the US and the EU is becoming evident. But economic divergence may be emerging.
The coup d’état being perpetrated by the army in Myanmar has made use of more advanced –imported– technologies in pursuit of its opponents.
Standardised containers have become an essential component of modern globalisation, carrying by sea almost half the world’s trade.
A new brand of wholesale global cooperation is required, both for vaccines and for treatments. Global governance has failed.
The economic patriotism is not new, but it has re-emerged since the pandemic alongside a new prudentialism, protectionism and nationalism.
Europe, the US and China seem to be engaged in an apparently similar tussle with Big Tech, albeit with significant differences.
The idea of an international Summit for Democracy takes on more urgency, although not necessarily effectiveness.
The world has changed in various important ways which Joe Biden, as the new US President, will need to take on board
The pandemic is showing that resilience has to do with the strength and flexibility of the institutions, the economy and the society.