The Globalist Podcast (August 28, 2024): China, the US and its allies continue imposing punitive restrictions on each other’s goods as a global trade dispute gathers steam. In the crosshairs? Everything from electric vehicles to your favourite butter.
We then cross to Libya, where a struggle for control of the country’s central bank has interrupted oil output. Plus: who will be Japan’s next prime minister?
Both Democrats and Republicans are expressing support for tariffs to protect American industry, reversing decades of trade thinking in Washington.
For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed changes to the judiciary are at the center of a diplomatic fight with the United States in the last weeks of his presidency.
When her “do not resuscitate” order was ignored, Marie Cooper found herself in a painful situation she had hoped to avoid.
At the Democratic National Convention, the sense of relief was as overwhelming as the general euphoria—but the campaign against Donald Trump has only just begun. By Jonathan Blitzer
How declining enrollment is threatening the future of American public education. By Alec MacGillis
After the President’s debate with Trump, Democratic politicians felt paralyzed. At the D.N.C., they felt giddy relief. How did they do it?
Ten states have ballot measures to establish a right to abortion in their state constitutions. The pushback has already begun.
In his 30s, the Republican vice-presidential nominee read works on theology, mysticism, and political and moral philosophy. And he discovered his faith.
University officials are spelling out strict codes around protests. They say they are trying to be clear. Others say they are trying to suppress speech.
The heavily fortified area separating North and South Korea is home to a biodiverse landscape and is a place of deep meaning for nearby farmers whose bees can fly freely through it.
The newly anointed Democratic presidential nominee revived a demoralized party. But as she leaves Chicago, a bruising, closely fought contest awaits her.
A single image captures the significant moment for young women in America.
Mr. Kennedy said he will remove his name from the ballot in battleground states, so as not to be a spoiler.
The Globalist Podcast (August 23, 2024): We examine Kamala Harris’s performance as she accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
After that: why Germany and Ukraine are at odds over future aid, a roundtable discussion of Monocle’s mobility issue and a check-in with the co-curator of the Busan Biennale. Plus: Andrew Mueller on ‘What We Learned’ this week.
As she prepares to formally accept the Democratic nomination on Thursday night, what the vice president may be offering the nation is a future defined by the fine print.
Three pet parrots at a Manhattan apartment building irritated their neighbors, who moved to evict them and their owner. The owner took the neighbors to court and was awarded damages.
Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed on the front line in Ukraine, wanted to humanize the way Kyiv commemorated the war dead. She also left notes for her own funeral.
Many older Americans, including those in nursing homes, aren’t getting booster shots.
Being a politician is about more than campaigning. More policy detail is needed
We relaunch our presidential-election model for a transformed race
The superpower faces more adversaries, new technologies and less-confident allies
The country’s forces should be careful not to overreach
The challenge for neuroscientists is how to test them
The Globalist Podcast (August 22, 2024): Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, formally accepts his Democratic vice-presidential nomination.
Also on the programme: where do India’s security alliances lie? We assess new pacts with Japan and Malaysia as Narendra Modi travels to Ukraine. Then our editors flick through Monocle magazine’s Mobility Special, released today, and look at the day’s papers. Plus, why some Southeast Asian airports are moving into the world of luxury travel.
The plan does not appear to amount to government price controls. It also might not bring down grocery bills anytime soon.
The F.B.I. raided the homes of two prominent commentators on Russian state television channels as part of an effort to blunt attempts to influence November’s election.
A political persona forged on the prairie: self-assured but rarely self-serious; puckish when possible, stoic when necessary.
Speeches and videos seek to shrink Donald Trump in order to rise above him, as Kamala Harris and her allies work to minimize him and disengage from him.
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