Bill Emmott

The Napoleons of Big Tech

Business history is full of executives going rogue with corporate funds.

1y ago

Herd immunity is closer than you think

When will the world have vaccinated 80 percent of all adults (the level presumed by scientists to produce herd immunity against Covid-19)? Most people’s answer is 2023 or 2024, which suggests deep pessimism about the progress of vaccinations outside the rich world.

3y ago

Toward a 2021 Tokyo Olympics

With the global Covid-19 crisis quickly escalating, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to accept a hard truth, rightly taking

4y ago

Springtime for Nationalism?

Is populism still on the rise? That question will be looming over elections in Israel, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Spain, and the European Union over the next two months. Yet it will be misplaced, for the real contest is between nationalism and internationalism.

5y ago

Xi's strong hand against Trump

The world will soon witness a historic test of wills between China and the United States, two superpowers whose leaders see themselves as supreme.

6y ago

A "China First" strategy for North Korea

Most pundits agree that the least bad way to deal with North Korea's nuclear sabre rattling is a continued combination of tight containment and aggressive diplomacy. Fewer, however, have recognised that the least bad military option is a Chinese invasion, or regime change forced through China's threat to launch one.

7y ago

Britain En Marche?

We live in a politically turbulent age. Parties barely a year old have recently swept to power in France and in the huge metropolitan area of Tokyo.

7y ago

Patriotism in the age of globalisation

The new fault line in politics, according to Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Front, is between globalists and patriots.

8y ago
December 5, 2022
December 5, 2022

The Napoleons of Big Tech

Business history is full of executives going rogue with corporate funds.

June 18, 2021
June 18, 2021

Herd immunity is closer than you think

When will the world have vaccinated 80 percent of all adults (the level presumed by scientists to produce herd immunity against Covid-19)? Most people’s answer is 2023 or 2024, which suggests deep pessimism about the progress of vaccinations outside the rich world.

March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020

Toward a 2021 Tokyo Olympics

With the global Covid-19 crisis quickly escalating, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to accept a hard truth, rightly taking

April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019

Springtime for Nationalism?

Is populism still on the rise? That question will be looming over elections in Israel, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Spain, and the European Union over the next two months. Yet it will be misplaced, for the real contest is between nationalism and internationalism.

April 17, 2018
April 17, 2018

Xi's strong hand against Trump

The world will soon witness a historic test of wills between China and the United States, two superpowers whose leaders see themselves as supreme.

September 9, 2017
September 9, 2017

A "China First" strategy for North Korea

Most pundits agree that the least bad way to deal with North Korea's nuclear sabre rattling is a continued combination of tight containment and aggressive diplomacy. Fewer, however, have recognised that the least bad military option is a Chinese invasion, or regime change forced through China's threat to launch one.

July 26, 2017
July 26, 2017

Britain En Marche?

We live in a politically turbulent age. Parties barely a year old have recently swept to power in France and in the huge metropolitan area of Tokyo.

December 24, 2015
December 24, 2015

Patriotism in the age of globalisation

The new fault line in politics, according to Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Front, is between globalists and patriots.