2026-01-19 05:10:53
The Cold War satirical novel The Mouse That Roared imagined a tiny European statelet declaring war on the US in the hopes of being lavished with American aid after its inevitable defeat. It’s a title that came immediately to mind when European nations sent three dozen soldiers to Greenland in response to Donald Trump’s threats to wrest the island from Danish control. The idea seems to have been: Support Denmark, yes, but don’t antagonize the White House when Ukrainian security is also on the lin
2026-01-19 05:00:31
What’s a middle power to do these days? Between President Donald Trump’s brazen capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and discussions of military strikes on Iran, to China’s harassment of the Philippines’ vessels in the South China Sea and constant intimidation of Taiwan, both superpowers are testing the limits of the rules-based international order.
2026-01-19 04:00:30
India’s economy should be the envy of the world. Official statisticians have just announced that it will grow at a blistering 7.4% in the financial year ending March. But New Delhi isn’t breaking out the champagne just yet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a big decision to make later this month — and growth can and will falter if he chooses wrong.
2026-01-19 03:00:30
When I began writing markets columns for Bloomberg Opinion (called Gadfly then) in 2017, my first piece was on Hong Kong’s enigma network, a complex web of companies with cross-shareholdings identified by activist investor David Webb.
2026-01-18 21:00:34
Among the four major North American men’s sports leagues, the National Hockey League is the only one that has never had an openly gay player, active or retired. And, as anyone who has spent time around hockey knows, casual homophobia has long been and remains a part of rink and locker room culture.
2026-01-18 21:00:32
As Trump and Pope Leo lay out competing visions for the future, Putin has gone strangely quiet.
