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Paul Mason bemoans how ‘Brexit’ has left the UK a beached whale in a world in need of technological regulation driven by European values. Paul Mason I was on a public Zoom call last week with senior Conservative MPs who have decided to get tough on China. Until last year …

The COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow next year will be a chance to restore our relationship with nature, write British Ambassador to Egypt Sir Geoffrey Adams and H.E Italian Ambassador to Egypt Giampaolo Cantini. The world marked June 5th World Environment Day. This year the anniversary fell …

M. Ashraf Al-Bayoumi* First Encounter with America’s Racism: My first encounter with racism against people of color in the United States occurred 65 years ago. It was both a shocking and a funny experience. I was a 20-year-old young man who had just arrived from Alexandria, Egypt by ship, followed …

Sheri Berman urges the American left not to squander the sea-change in public opinion of recent weeks by only preaching to the converted. Sheri Berman From the outside, what is going on in the United States may seem bewildering. Not only has the most powerful country in the world (one …

With the UK’s social safety net full of holes, support has grown for a basic income to underpin a mean and means-tested benefits system. Stewart Lansley With livelihoods shattered, surging unemployment and falls in household incomes, attention across Europe is turning towards the vital question of post-crisis reconstruction. Covid-19 has …

Hadi Fathallah* The Gulf’s changing security could have serious economic implications as the U.S. continues to disengage from the region. In July, the Islamic Republic of Iran took into custody a British flagged tanker. In June, Iran also shot down a $200 million American Global Hawk High Altitude surveillance drone, …

Protests have engulfed the United States since the murder of George Floyd. As the global movement for racial equality unfolds, the Coronavirus has, and will shape its trajectory. Ashley Quarcoo In the two weeks since the murder of George Floyd, protests have erupted around the United States and the world. …

Should free movement of capital any longer be sacrosanct when it leads to predatory takeovers and regional inequalities in a globalised economy? Susanne Wixforth and John Weeks ‘Is China buying up Europe’s South?’ Such headlines have become frequent since the 2008 financial crisis. The Chinese takeovers include Greece’s biggest harbour …

Exploring the deep fault lines of unexpurgated racism tearing the United States apart. Karin Pettersson In 50 years, will the United States still exist? Or will the union have been pulled apart, in a peaceful or, at worst, a violent and bloody process? This scenario seems entirely possible. That is …

With neoliberal economics being seen as unable to tackle the challenges of the 21st century, what other alternatives are there? Dina Shehata The current Covid-19 crisis has further highlighted the urgency of tackling the twin challenges of climate change and rising inequality that have become the defining challenges of the …