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Saturday, 2 May, 2026

Food security
Is China decoupling on food?
If this is pursued with the same energy as industrial policy, it will upend the agricultural economy
Adam Tooze
Monday, 30 March, 2026

Chinese politics & policy
A blueprint for Chinese global leadership
With the US destroying its own credibility, the opportunity is Beijing’s for the taking
Adam Tooze
Friday, 20 February, 2026

EU defence
Only an army — and true integration — will solve Europe’s defence problem
Atlanticists fear this would hasten America’s departure from the continent, but what is the alternative?
Adam Tooze
Saturday, 10 January, 2026

US politics & policy
How special forces became modern warfare’s go-to solution
Pearl-clutching about the Venezuela operation ignores the history of US military strategy
Adam Tooze
Tuesday, 11 November, 2025

US economy
Maga + AI is not a recipe for stability
The latest tech bubble offers only short-term protection for Trump
Adam Tooze
Tuesday, 7 October, 2025

Bank of England
Britain needs a ‘whatever it takes’ moment
The Bank of England must acknowledge the priority of reviving investment-led growth and stop quantitative tightening
Adam Tooze
Saturday, 6 September, 2025

Geopolitics
Polycrisis — is this the sequel?
It is not clear this term best describes the unusual moment we’re living through
Adam Tooze
Thursday, 31 July, 2025

Chinese business & finance
China and the rise of the new global city
Free-range globalisation is not part of the Sinosphere’s economic plan
Adam Tooze
Friday, 4 July, 2025

Chinese politics & policy
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ policymaking leaves the field clear for China
The contrast between technocracy in Beijing and the pantomime in Washington is impossible to ignore
Adam Tooze
Friday, 6 June, 2025

EU defence
The emperor has no tanks
Europe doesn’t need more spending to transform its moribund armed forces — it needs more co-operation across borders
Adam Tooze
Friday, 2 May, 2025

US
Remembering history in Trump’s America
The 80th anniversary of the second world war comes as conventional narratives are being revised
Adam Tooze
Friday, 28 March, 2025

Foreign aid
Aid’s grim counter-revolution will prove self-defeating
Arguments for slashing overseas development assistance in favour of defence fail on their own terms
Adam Tooze
Friday, 7 March, 2025

US foreign policy
US global leadership has never been plain sailing
Trump is the heir to a national-populist strain that runs deep in American politics
Adam Tooze
Monday, 3 February, 2025

Global Economy
The future of international economic institutions is up for grabs
Preserving the status quo on global development will not work
Adam Tooze
Thursday, 5 December, 2024

Climate change
Only China can now lead the world on climate
As far as global environmental concerns go, the US has an irretrievably split personality
Adam Tooze
Friday, 1 November, 2024

Global Economy
Poor nations are choking on debt — we must grasp the solutions
Political instability and meagre investment hobble large parts of the world
Adam Tooze
Monday, 7 October, 2024

Global Economy
The old US economic policy is dying and the new cannot be born
Industrial rivalry and tensions with China frame a confused debate about the pressures of globalisation
Adam Tooze
Friday, 30 August, 2024

Foreign aid
Rich countries tilt the scales when it comes to aid
Large-scale western support for Ukraine contrasts with smaller efforts for poor countries that are in dire need
Adam Tooze
Thursday, 8 August, 2024

Central America
Kamala Harris must face America’s nimbyism head on
Deep policy fatigue has led to failure on even modest improvements in Central and Latin American economies
Adam Tooze
Thursday, 4 July, 2024

Renewable energy
Stifling China’s green energy boom would be a disaster
Does the government in Beijing have the courage to throw its weight behind what business is already doing?
Adam Tooze
Saturday, 1 June, 2024

German politics
Germany’s fractious coalition dithers as the heat rises in Europe
Optimists have faith that the EU will always pull through but crisis-fighting depends on choices made in Berlin
Adam Tooze
Sunday, 12 May, 2024

US dollar
Dangers of dollar nationalism hang over the world economy
Even more serious than Fed rate rises would be a politically driven devaluation of the US currency
Adam Tooze
Saturday, 30 March, 2024

Health
Vaccine investment is a no-brainer — so why aren’t we doing it?
Not only is the cost-benefit ratio unbeatable, but not to undertake this spending is to court disaster
Adam Tooze
Tuesday, 5 March, 2024

US foreign policy
America’s economic security doctrine has taken on a darker hue
Washington seeks to defend the rules-based order with unruly, self-interested interventions
Adam Tooze
Friday, 26 January, 2024

Global Economy
The IMF is an anchor adrift in a changing world economy
Western countries are over-represented but there are formidable obstacles to reform
Adam Tooze

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