Category: Democracies

Donald Trump, Between Arrogance and Irrationality

The world in focus | Analysis column President Donald Trump’s megalo-maniacal and warmongering spirit in foreign and domestic politics was on full display at two important events recently– his speech at the

Donald Trump’s Obsession

Amid so many calamities in the world—most of them caused or fueled by their own government—the US public has been avidly following the news surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s obsession with the bodies of

The global threat of Trump’s war on women

Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office produced 142 executive orders, a global trade war, a record stock market decline, a plummeting dollar, an economic downturn, 121,000 government employers on Elon Musk’s

Back to protectionism

The World in Focus | Analysis column Thirty-five years after the US authorities officially launched the ten liberal principles that were to govern the global economy, set out in the Washington Consensus, President Trump

Trump’s Huge Ugly Bill Should Be a Call to Action

Donald Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” has now been passed into law, almost entirely on the strength of support from Republican members of Congress. One question that kept arising as I followed