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The US has already tried to save a steel industry, and its undercooked response holds some valuable lessons.
The policy failures behind the upbeat headlines.
Côte d’Ivoire’s response to the Bassam attacks shows that it is not lacking in political and security resources, and that its citizens remain vigilant in the face of terrorist acts.
Cuba punches above its weight in a number of sectors and the US would be wise to take note.
Europeans who have travelled to Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria now need a visa to travel to the US. Why?
The world economy needs China, but Beijing has needs of its own. No wonder the leadership is putting so much effort into a year of negotiation.
Apartheid South Africa started a war in which it could not maintain a strategic advantage. It misread the quest for national liberation and international opinion that undermined its effectiveness.
The presidential candidates are largely ignoring one of the biggest economic issues facing Americans: more than half are struggling to save enough for retirement.
When you pick apart the strange economics of global energy markets, it becomes clear how the incredible power of Riyadh can take other countries to the brink.
The upcoming TTIP trade agreement could force EU to liberalise GM regulations such as labelling.
Could this relatively unknown virus become a household name in the Americas in the year to come?
How today’s policy around savings and pensions has worrying echoes of failed 19th century approaches.
100 years ago, America’s infamous racist group staged a near-takeover of the nation’s film and media industries. Here’s how they did it.
With economies in Europe and America forging very different recoveries, their central banks are having to navigate by different stars.
It’s a collosal business. But who gets the most out of ‘rewards’? And what if we all used ours at once?
The irascible, unassuming junior senator from Vermont is riding high – and the effect could echo for years to come.
Politicians hate secrecy when in opposition but grow to love it when in power.
The film’s exploration of a young Irish woman’s emigration to 1950s New York digs beneath nostalgic stereotype.
Legislation proposed in both the US and the UK suggest an aggressive path toward entrenching surveillance powers at the cost of citizens’ privacy.
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