Opinion

How Macron Keeps Winning Philippe Aghion and Benedicte Berner PARIS – Emmanuel Macron’s one-man revolution in French and European politics continued this weekend, as he will soon be able to add a huge parliamentary majority to his cause,...

   The Drug Kingpin Running Venezuela's Bond Negotiations By Patricia Laya and                                                        Andrew Rosat Tareck El Aissami. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg Vice President Tareck El Aissami has...

The Guardian view on vaginal mesh implants: trust data and patients   Editorial The devices have benefited a large number of women – but thousands have suffered serious adverse effects. The numbers tell their own tale. Thousands...

The Last Bastion of a Profitable Press Shashi Tharoor Twitter: @shashitharoor NEW DELHI – Around the world, newspapers seem to be facing imminent extinction, as a mass exodus to the Internet causes their circulation to slump and...

Defending Academic Freedom in a Populist Age Michael Ignatieff BERLIN – I am the President of Central European University, which is now under attack. CEU is fighting to remain a free institution in Budapest, Hungary’s capital,...

Robots have already taken over our work, but they’re made of flesh and bone Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger   Many jobs in the modern economy have been sapped of their humanity. How should we resist the...

Read in Spanish Washington Post The region cannot just stand by as Venezuela veers toward civil war VENEZUELA’S POLITICAL and humanitarian crisis, which has long been desperate and deadly, this week tipped toward the surreal. On Tuesday,...

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...

Venezuela was once twelve times richer than China. What happened? Over-reliance on oil was in many ways the countries biggest downfall. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino By Jeff Desjardins Founder and editor of Visual Capitalist From the 10 years of military...

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...