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Even as observers in developed countries criticise US President Donald Trump’s use of blunt tools such as tariffs against China, many believe that he is...

Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometres) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot the size of a small 4x4 wakes up just after...

At least it wasn’t a disaster. If the Democrats had failed to secure a majority in the US House of Representatives, President Donald Trump would have felt...

On Brexit day – March 29, 2019 – the HMS Buccaneer Britannia will set sail in search of the riches of the “Anglosphere.” But there is a hitch:...

When China finally has its inevitable growth recession – which will almost surely be amplified by a financial crisis, given the economy’s massive...

Technology is often oversold as either a panacea for the world’s problems or an unshakeable curse inflicting disruption and displacement on the most...

Under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union on March 29, 2019. Presuming that it does (but even if it does...

On a visit to Beijing in October, I was often asked whether US Vice President Mike Pence’s recent harsh criticism of China marked the declaration of a new...

The United States has long held itself up as a bastion of democracy. It has promoted democracy around the world. It fought, at great cost, for democracy...

After World War II, the international community came together to build a shared future. Now, it must do so again. Owing to the slow and uneven recovery in...