Politics
There Will Be Blood
The realkommerz of global trade makes it difficult to avoid enriching dictatorships and tyrants
Underrated: Ayelet Shaked
The rising star of Israeli politics
Underrated: Shinzo Abe
The Japanese Prime Minister’s bold reforms are now paying off
Overrated: Xi Jinping
The Chinese leader is repressive, bullying, and inadequate
Bully For You
‘It can’t just be a coincidence that so many of the best films of the year are about bullying and abuse’
Plan B-urma
“Aung San Suu Kyi must play a clever political game with her former captors”
Papal Pessimist
Pope Francis should level his criticism at socialism and corporatism, not the free market, in his attempt to help the poor
Tory-bashing Can Be Tawdry
Castigating conservatives on stage is now mandatory—This House at the National doesn’t, and so succeeds
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal