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[Ramesh Ponnuru] A smarter way for Biden to attack Trump

ViewpointsSept 9, 2020

President Donald Trump poses an unusual problem for his opposition. He’s “a target-rich environment,” said Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress. “He has befuddled...
[Michael R. Strain] Exploding US debt is a problem, not an emergency

ViewpointsSept 8, 2020

The US Government programs to blunt the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic will make the federal budget deficit much wider in 2020 than at any point in the last 75 years. The nonpartisan Con...
[Mihir Sharma] Rest of Asia will miss Abe more than Japan will

ViewpointsSept 7, 2020

A month before he ended his first stint as Japan’s prime minister in 2007, Shinzo Abe addressed the Indian Parliament in New Delhi. Quoting the Mughal scholar-prince Dara Shikoh, Abe spoke of the “co...
[Tyler Cowen] No, America will not be canceled

ViewpointsSept 4, 2020

One of the most hotly debated questions among my friends and acquaintances lately is this: Is America headed for a future in which just about everyone has been canceled? Fortunately, while “cancel c...
[Tim Culpan] China just called Trump’s bluff on TikTok

ViewpointsSept 2, 2020

Imagine a bidder wanting to buy KFC, but being told the deal might not include the Colonel’s 11 secret herbs and spices. That’s effectively what Beijing has told the list of US companies keen to purc...
[Anjani Trivedi] The big China disaster you’re missing

ViewpointsSept 1, 2020

The world’s largest dam is under pressure in the massive flooding that’s wiping away billions of dollars of value in China. The predicament symbolizes a looming crisis for Beijing. Climate change is...
[Noah Smith] Abe leaves behind a better Japan

ViewpointsAug 31, 2020

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, is resigning due to ulcerative colitis. He leaves behind a Japan that is both economically stronger and more socially liberal than the one he inher...
[Francis Wilkinson] Republicans feed persecution complex

ViewpointsAug 27, 2020

The Republican National Convention may be built around the cult of personality of Donald Trump, who is stronger, faster, smarter, richer, more magnanimous, truthful and handsome than any human in his...
[Daniel Moss] There’s apparently no way to tackle coronavirus pandemic

ViewpointsAug 26, 2020

Many of the governments once lauded for their textbook COVID-19 responses, replete with strict lockdowns, sophisticated contact-tracing apps and clearly articulated policies, got tripped up by someth...
[Andreas Kluth] Epidemic of depression, anxiety

ViewpointsAug 25, 2020

Of the coronavirus’s many side effects, perhaps the least appreciated are psychological. Those who’ve had a bad case and survived, like people who’ve been in war or accidents, may suffer post-traumat...
[Anjani Trivedi] Floods, COVID, chaos shake China

ViewpointsAug 24, 2020

O ne of the most severe floods in decades is ravaging the industrial heartland, just as China struggles to shake off the impact of COVID-19. The Yangtze River’s inundation has so far caused direct e...
[Mac Margolis] COVID response brings out Bolsonaro’s inner leftist

ViewpointsAug 24, 2020

When he took office early last year, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had what looked like a plan: Crush corruption, rescue Brazil from social liberalism and revive the economy from the worst reces...
[Mac Margolis] Latin America’s populists are ovewhelmed by COVID-19

ViewpointsAug 20, 2020

Examples abound of how reprehensible leadership has worsened Latin America’s plight during the coronavirus pandemic. After consistently flouting public health safeguards, right-wing populist Brazilia...
[David Fickling] China doesn’t need 20,170 km of track

ViewpointsAug 20, 2020

The building of China’s high-speed rail network counts as one of the greatest transportation success stories so far this century. That doesn’t mean the country can repeat the trick. When plans for a...
[Clara Ferreira Marques] Hong Kong’s closed schools risk a lost generation

ViewpointsAug 19, 2020

Keeping schoolchildren home again this fall will come at a hefty price for families and economies around the world. In Hong Kong, authorities may be underestimating the cost. The government’s decisi...