A Bridge to Universal Education
A Bridge to Universal Education
Gordon Brown
Twitter: @OfficeGSBrown
LONDON – In a confrontational world where protectionism is on the rise, multilateralism has become an easy target for criticism. But those who doubt its value must have...
Can France be more like its football team?
Can France be more like its football team?
Nadia Henni-Moulai
While the French football team symbolises the acceptance of migrants, the country is divided over the issue of refugees. Will a victory in the...
Has Austria shifted to the far-right? The truth is more complicated
Has Austria shifted to the far-right? The truth is more complicated
Three coalition scenarios in Austria will determine which direction Austria will shift. Practically, the old guard in Austria is too deeply entrenched in the...
The Guardian view on exploring Saturn: an inspiring distraction
The Guardian view on exploring Saturn: an inspiring distraction
Editorial
The great success of the Cassini mission deserves our appreciation, but Nasa’s work on Earth’s climate matters more.
The Cassini mission, which will end on Friday,...
The Eurozone Must Reform or Die
The Eurozone Must Reform or Die
Kenneth Rogoff
Twitter:
@KRogoff
OXFORD – With the election of a reform-minded centrist president in France and the re-election of German Chancellor Angela Merkel seeming ever more likely, is there hope...
Cancun, the OAS, and Venezuela’s Prosecutor General
Cancun, the OAS, and Venezuela’s Prosecutor General
José Miguel Vivanco & Tamara Taraciuk Broner
Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega Díaz, who for years unflinchingly supported Venezuela’s government, has since late March become a strong critical voice within...
Vive l’Euro?
Vive l’Euro?
Lucrezia Reichlin
LONDON – Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election on May 7 triggered a surge of optimism about the future of the European Union, and the eurozone in particular. This is...
Daniel Ortega is causing a bloodbath in Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega is causing a bloodbath in Nicaragua
Could Nicaragua go the way of Venezuela?
IT BEGAN three months ago with a protest against cuts in pensions decreed by Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s president. Now his Central...
Downward spiral: how Venezuela’s symbol of progress became political prisoners’ hell
Downward spiral: how Venezuela’s symbol of progress became political prisoners’ hell
by Emma Graham-Harrison in Caracas
The dizzying spiral structure in central Caracas was conceived in the 1950s as a monument to a nation’s confidence –...
Stephen Hawking leaves audience in tears at 75th birthday celebration
Stephen Hawking leaves audience in tears at 75th birthday celebration
Brian Cox and Gabriela González both spoke movingly at the birthday symposium at the University of Cambridge
By
Tommy Lumby
Stephen Hawking moved an audience to tears today...