The World Today EU and China seal a deal behind Biden’s back Brussels is accused of putting business interests before democratic values and security realities at a time when the West and Beijing are competing to vaccinate the world against Covid, write Rosa Balfour and Lizza Bomassi
The World Today Interview: Renée DiResta The Stanford University researcher into online conspiracies tells Alan Philps it is time for social media platforms to come clean about the business model that has encouraged polarization
The World Today Beijing sets new course Focus switches to domestic market as export growth falters, writes Yu Jie
The World Today Heightened tensions between three Asian nuclear powers Myra MacDonald reports on the growing threat from border clashes on India, Pakistan and China’s high mountain frontiers
The World Today Egypt: A state built on sand The country fails to thrive under autocrats or democrats, writes Ezzedine Fishere
The World Today Post-Brexit: Escaping the gravitational pull of Europe Britain’s wish to break free may be hard to achieve, warn Alice Billon-Galland and Pepijn Bergsen
The World Today Post-Brexit: Asylum seekers left in limbo Britain must choose a humane path in its handling of refugees, writes Rachel Taylor
The World Today America must heal itself first Biden needs to end division at home before offering moral leadership to the world, writes Daniel Strieff
The World Today Will the pandemic polarize Asia? America could benefit from a loss of trust in China, writes Amitav Acharya
The World Today How can cities pass the Covid stress test? Luis Bettencourt praises the dynamic urban milieu but warns there are lessons that need to be learnt
The World Today Q&A: David McCourt The historian of UK foreign policy discusses how the role of residual great power is being repackaged as Global Britain
The World Today United States: Superhero politics Julian Schmid explains a presidential obsession with Marvel comic characters
The World Today Interview: Marissa Conway The co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy tells Mariana Vieira that for all the progress in feminizing some aspects of the international agenda no country has the right to call itself a ‘gender superpower’
The World Today Review: As fragile as orchids Nicolas Bouchet on a defensive prescription for democracies under threat
The World Today Review: Travellers’ checks Vivienne Dovi’s eyes are opened by a series of essays on the politics of mobility
The World Today A human tragedy in the climate crisis Kamal Amakrane on protecting the millions who will be displaced as sea levels rise
The World Today Date with history: Nato launches attacks on Libya March 17, 2011: Action broke consensus on need to protect civilians, says Dogachan Dagi
The World Today The World Today Postcard from Buenos Aires: Green scarves triumph Protesters persuade president to legalize abortion, writes Mahi Shah
The World Today Reading list: The secret life of cities Five books and a film exploring the highs and lows of some notorious metropolises
The World Today Competition winner: Back to the future EU Fourteen years on, Sophie Paterson revisits her winning essay on what Europe will look like in 50 years
The World Today Culture notes: The king is dead, long live the king Catherine Fieschi looks at rituals enshrined in the handing over of power in the US, France and Britain
The World Today World in brief: Digital currencies China and Facebook in race to be first to fill e-wallets
The World Today School writing competition Building on the success of the previous two years, The World Today and the Financial Times free schools access programme are pleased to announce their 2021 school writing competition for the best short article on a topical issue.
