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Democracy requires a majority to coalesce around specific ideas and/or parties. In many ‘western’ countries this has become much harder to achieve as social media, and information technology more widely, has facilitated the creation of self-reinforcing subsets of the...

Regardless of the facts of the case, a major point of tension between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia could result in substantial change. Volatility in the gulf, and around the world, could result from any major break in the alliance. While Trump is looking to preserve...

Several important pieces of Trump/trade newsflow in recent weeks have provided a much better understanding of what the America First approach to international negotiations amounts to. Canada and Mexico have effectively ceded sovereignty over trade talks with China in...

• Trump and China: the U.S. administration released a report – commissioned in July 2017 – that outlined the potential vulnerability of military supply chains to foreign providers. This fits clearly within the narrative of how degradation of manufacturing capacity...

A supposedly dry organisation known to few investment professionals – FATF – is a key piece in the plumbing of international finance. It creates rules and implements compliance reviews of jurisdictions for the purposes of preventing money laundering or terrorist...

• New NAFTA: as expected, Canada joined the new grouping, but only after the U.S. dropped a number of key points of contention. The deal moves to the U.S. Congress, but the midterm elections could determine its fate – a Democratic majority would likely demand greater...