After a 100 years out of favour, imperialism is back. A century ago, my own nation, Ireland, managed to wade through blood, bullets, mud and death to tear itself out of the
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
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
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
The World in Focus | Analysis column On Aug. 20 audio recordings came out in which Diego Spagnuolo, then-director of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS), discusses a bribery scheme involving the ANDIS government purchase
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
The World in Focus | Analysis column The US government’s interference in the administration of justice in countries such as Brazil and Argentina has spread to Colombia. On July 28, former President
In urgent times, I will speak from a place of “we,” not to universalize my experience but to recover a sense of coexistence. In urgent times, I call upon the power of
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
The World in Focus | Analysis column A week after Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, key military infrastructure, and residential buildings—killing senior officers, nuclear scientists, and civilians—the world is on