World News Insights: Opinion Articles

In 2020, for the first time in 69 years, the US exported more energy than it imported. The numbers for 2021 aren’t all in yet, but everything is pointing to an even bigger energy surplus. The long journey that began during the 1973 oil crisis with President Richard Nixon’s “Project Independence”…

History is repeating itself. The world underwent this dark period eight decades ago. A man has risen to power carrying delusions of grandeur and dreams of expansion beyond his country’s territory, which no longer fits his ambitions. On top of that, he carries a score to settle with the legacy of…

Has Vladimir Putin dealt a fatal blow to the world that was born from the collapse of the Berlin War and over the rubble of the Soviet Union? Did he permanently close the chapter of the world's sole great power and "American policeman"? Has he closed the chapter of the stable Europe whose nations'…

At first glance, he latest twists and turns in the Ukraine poker game might present Russian President Vladimir Putin as the winner. After all he is reaping what he sowed eight years ago when he incited ethnic Russian secessionists to set up breakaway “people’s republics” in parts of Ukrainian…

Here are a few early thoughts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: As always, be skeptical of the information you see (and, if you’re on social media, amplify). Some will be wrong because it’s deliberate misinformation. Some will be wrong because reporting during military action is always…

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s slowest quarter on record comes amid a prolonged crackdown on China’s major technology companies. It’s easy to conflate the two. But the increased regulatory burden is overshadowed by even harsher problems. Chief among them: peak customer. It’s a reminder that the…

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a lamentable but localized crisis, whose consequences will be felt only by people far away. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war has created perhaps the gravest security crisis of this century, one that will have profound…

In an article published in July, President Vladimir Putin invokes historical arguments to refute the legitimacy of the Ukrainian state. During his speech recognizing the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, he reiterated this position, saying that Ukraine lacks the foundation of an independent entity…

When Mark Zuckerberg described the metaverse last year, he conjured an image of harmonious social connections in an immersive virtual world. But his company’s first iterations of the space have not been very harmonious. Several women have reported incidents of harassment, including a beta tester…

Almost everybody wants to be seen as embracing science. That’s true whether they are arguing to take masks off or leave them on, or whether they’re pushing continued caution or a return to normal. The phrase “follow the science” has been used by the left to defend its Covid policies and lobbed back…

Rarely has a Hong Kong budget been presented in such gloomy circumstances. The city is in its coldest spell of the year, and has been sodden by several days of persistent rain. As omicron cases spiral and the health system is overwhelmed, the specter of a full-scale lockdown still hangs over a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin can escalate his offensive against Ukraine whenever he wants. Even then, however, he’ll almost certainly prefer a pretext for the move. Is he already writing that script? The other day a car blew up in Donetsk, one of the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine…