World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Nine months after the arrival of President Joe Biden into the White House, a new American foreign policy “philosophy” for the Middle East is beginning to emerge. Several previous administrations have sought to “pivot away” from the Middle East, but in doing so, they have disengaged too quickly and…

The United States did not directly mention China in announcing its historic new security partnership with Australia and Britain last week, but it didn’t have to. The defense deal is a clear escalation and indication that Washington views Beijing as an adversary. It also has thrust Australia into…

US Navy recently stood up a seagoing task force that it hopes will sail into not just the Arabian Gulf but also the future. The question is whether the service, and the Pentagon as a whole, can put its focus and money into the weapons of tomorrow and not those of the past. Instead of the…

There’s finally a decision on which Americans should get booster shots against Covid-19. Unfortunately, some of the new federal recommendations go well beyond the data and foist the decision of appropriateness onto individuals and their doctors. And by expanding booster eligibility to a huge swath…

United Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s party, was granted half of the Russian electorate’s votes. Still, the other half did not go to the opposition, any opposition. It was shared by parties that all support the president. These parties could object to detail here, an incompetent minister there,…

The discussion revolved around Sudan and the price it was paying because its president Omar al-Bashir is now wanted by the International Criminal Court. Feigning ignorance, I said Bashir was better of resigning, even if he did not turn himself over to the ICC, because the interests of the Sudanese…

Even the savviest of investors were caught off-guard by the speed of China Evergrande Group’s unraveling. They shouldn’t have been: Trouble has long been brewing at China Inc., where balance sheets are weakening in the face of a rocky economic recovery. This could be Beijing’s worst blind spot yet…

The race to tame Covid-19 has resulted in a wealth of research, new vaccines and promising treatments that hold out the promise of an end to the pandemic. But many questions remain. Here, Max Nisen and Sam Fazeli, who cover health care and the pharmaceutical industry for Bloomberg Opinion and…

It’s an open secret: The user experience is deteriorating for many of the largest technology companies’ core products. At fault is the steady, inexorable creep of advertising. More and more companies are allowing ads to infiltrate every facet of their services. It’s easy to see why: With tech…

Food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a growing challenge. Even before COVID-19, UN agencies estimated that over 55 million of its population of 456.7 million was undernourished. The pandemic, protracted conflict and other factors make hunger more common. In 2020, MENA’s…

It’s not too late for that holiday to Ibiza after all. After another lost summer for the British travel industry, the UK government on Friday announced a shake-up of the rules for England. From early next month, the much-maligned classification of red, amber and green destinations, with its…

The world is anxiously watching the Chinese housing market, in the wake of property developer China Evergrande Group’s potential default. Market watchers have been drawing comparisons to the US crash in 2008, and some even to Japan’s property bust two decades earlier. But although there are some…