JOURNALISM
Evergrande's Fall Shows How Xi Has Created a China Crisis
The developer’s collapse isn’t leading to global contagion, but China’s looming economic disaster might.
Sept. 11 and the Future of American History
Twenty years after the horrific attacks on New York and Washington, it’s clear that the biggest changes of our time were not ideological or geopolitical, but technological. They were also the hardest to foresee.
Will Xi move on Taiwan? History warns he might
China may interpret the Biden administration's abandonment of Afghanistan as a "signal that they probably won't fight over anything," historian Niall Ferguson warns.
Sir Harold Evans (1928-2020)
Goodbye, Harry. I’ll bet there’s a great swimming pool up there where you are now.
How Angela Merkel Turned Back the Clock of German History
The outgoing German chancellor is overrated at home and abroad.
Niall Ferguson on why the end of America’s empire won’t be peaceful
As it leaves Afghanistan in chaos, America’s decline mirrors Britain’s a century ago. It may also invite wider conflict, warns a historian
50 Years After Going Off Gold, the Dollar Must Go for Crypto
After Richard Nixon scrapped Bretton Woods, the U.S. currency’s exorbitant privilege only grew — because the U.S. embraced innovation, not regulation.
The World’s Cascade of Disasters Is Not a Coincidence
A pandemic, fires, floods, popular unrest — it’s an intertwined pattern seen throughout history and even in the Bible.
China’s Attacks on Tech Are a Losing Strategy in Cold War II
Forcing DiDi and Alibaba to toe the Communist Party line may help Xi build a police state but will stall the nation’s dynamic industry.