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[Clara Ferreira Marques] Russia’s Sputnik vaccine gamble is all about Vladimir Putin

ViewpointsAug 18, 2020

There was no clearer way of signaling how Russia sees its coronavirus vaccine: Moscow named it Sputnik, after the satellite whose launch in 1957 marked the start of the space race and forced the West...
[Cass R. Sunstein] Republicans’ dangerous hypocrisy

ViewpointsAug 13, 2020

The system of separation of powers is in real trouble. That’s the main conclusion to draw from President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders, attempting to circumvent Congress with actions that (h...
China's days as world's factory are over, iPhone maker says

IndustryAug 12, 2020

A key supplier to Apple and a dozen other tech giants plans to split its supply chain between the Chinese market and the US, declaring that China’s time as factory to the world is finished because of...
[James Stavridis] Scowcroft never hated his enemies

ViewpointsAug 12, 2020

As I was preparing to assume duties as supreme allied commander at NATO a decade ago, the two people I sought out for counsel were both generals: Colin Powell and Brent Scowcroft. The advice from Po...
[Sarah Halzack] Summer of COVID-19 marks the end of office clothes

ViewpointsAug 10, 2020

Professional attire has been evolving for decades into ever more casual modes. For men, suits gave way to blazers and slacks, then blazers and dark jeans, and then just jeans and a button-up. For wom...
[Tyler Cowen] Coronavirus moralizing has to stop

ViewpointsAug 10, 2020

In some cases, it is already possible to make moral judgments about the various government responses to COVID-19. Such as: The US squandered months of preparation time in early 2020, and President Do...
[Eli Lake] Biden should give Maduro reason to worry

ViewpointsAug 6, 2020

One of the defining features of the Trump years has been the collapse of bipartisan consensus on foreign policy. There is at least one notable exception, however: support for a democratic transition ...
[Noah Smith] Developing nations are dealt a one-two hit to growth

ViewpointsAug 6, 2020

Recent decades have been glorious for developing countries, where rapid growth has lifted millions of their citizens out of crushing poverty. But the coronavirus pandemic is threatening to halt their...
Booking.com to cut thousands of workers after COVID-19 travel hit

IndustryAug 4, 2020

Booking Holdings Inc. is the latest online travel giant to eliminate thousands of jobs after the coronavirus pandemic hammered the industry. As much as 25 percent of employees at Booking.com, the com...
[Clara Ferreira Marques, Matthew Brooker] Hong Kong takes the zero-risk poll option

ViewpointsAug 4, 2020

Hong Kong’s decision to bar a dozen pro-democracy candidates from contesting legislative elections and then to postpone the vote by a year won’t leave its economic prospects unscathed. It’s a strikin...
[Faye Flam] US can control COVID-19 without second lockdown

ViewpointsAug 4, 2020

Rising COVID-19 case counts across the US have made a second lockdown seem almost inevitable. It is likely to be months before a vaccine could end the coronavirus pandemic, and the US is also months ...
[Michael R. Strain] Keep your eye on the ball, Republicans

ViewpointsJul 29, 2020

Senate Republicans are in conspicuous disarray following last week’s failed effort to unify behind a package of economic recovery measures. In part, that’s because Republican senators are too defere...
[Mihir Sharma] Poor countries running out of time to get rich

ViewpointsJul 28, 2020

The United Nations currently predicts that by 2027, India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country. Estimates suggest India and Nigeria will together add 470 million people in the nex...
[Daniel Moss, Clara Ferreira Marques] Thailand needs a shake up to emerge from COVID-19 war

ViewpointsJul 27, 2020

Thailand has been playing by the rules and getting little benefit from obeying economic orthodoxy. A reshuffle among top policymakers after a string of departures, just as the nation emerges from cor...
[Noah Smith] Trump did nothing to help economic boom

ViewpointsJul 23, 2020

The public gives President Donald Trump very low marks for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and race relations. But as recently as the end of June, the public was still giving him slightly po...