Ethics and Political Philosophy
Nigeria Has Voted. The Harder Task Is Convincing Nigerians That Their Votes Became the Result.
More than 93 million Nigerians were registered to vote yesterday in an election that could reshape the politics of Africa’s most populous country. Eighteen candidates contested the presidency, but three dominated the campaign: Bola Ahmed…
Turkey Could Not Prevent the Earthquake. That Does Not Mean Every Death Was Unpreventable.
At 4:17 on Monday morning, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border. Hours later, another enormous earthquake measuring 7.5 struck further north. Entire neighbourhoods collapsed across cities including Antakya, Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman…
Netanyahu Won an Election. How Much Power Should Winning Actually Give Him?
Israel held its fifth election in less than four years last November. Benjamin Netanyahu succeeded where several previous governments had failed: he assembled a parliamentary majority. His coalition controls 64 of the Knesset’s 120 seats,…
The Taliban Has Banned Women From University. This Is Not Only a Human-Rights Disaster. It Is a Strategy for Power.
On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education instructed every public and private university in the country to suspend education for female students until further notice. The order was effective immediately. By Wednesday morning, women arriving…
Liz Truss Can Change Britain’s Tax Rates. She Cannot Order Anyone to Trust Her.
Liz Truss has been prime minister for less than a month, and her government’s economic programme has already produced one of the most dramatic confrontations between politics and financial markets Britain has experienced in years.
Britain Changed Its Prime Minister on Tuesday and Its Monarch on Thursday. The State Barely Stopped Moving.
On Tuesday, Liz Truss travelled to Balmoral and was formally appointed prime minister after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest against Rishi Sunak. Boris Johnson’s premiership, which began with an enormous parliamentary majority in 2019…
Pakistan Is Under Water. Who Is Responsible for a Disaster No One Government Caused?
Pakistan declared a national emergency this week as extraordinary monsoon rains and flooding continued across large parts of the country. More than a thousand people have reportedly died since the monsoon began, including hundreds of…
The FBI Searched a Former President’s Home. That Should Be Both Normal and Extraordinary.
On Monday, FBI agents searched Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. By Friday, a federal judge had unsealed the search warrant and an inventory of material seized from the property, showing that investigators removed…
Sri Lanka Got Rid of Its President. Now Comes the Harder Question: Who Has the Right to Replace Him?
He flew to the Maldives on Wednesday as thousands of protesters returned to the streets, then travelled onwards to Singapore. On Thursday, he submitted his resignation. Parliament formally announced it on Friday. Sri Lanka no…
Australia Changed Government. The More Interesting Change May Be Who Its Wealthiest Voters Abandoned.
Anthony Albanese was sworn in as prime minister on Monday after the Labor Party defeated Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition, ending almost nine years of conservative government. Only hours later, Albanese flew to Tokyo for a…
Ukraine Is Asking NATO to Close Its Skies. Saying No May Be the Least Bad Option.
Eleven days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war already looks different from many expectations before it began. Russian forces have captured territory and continue attacking from several directions, but they have not produced the…
Italy Spent a Week Trying to Find a New President. It Ended Up Asking the Old One to Stay.
Italy has spent almost an entire week trying to elect a new president. After eight rounds of voting, hundreds of blank ballots, failed compromises between political parties and an increasingly obvious inability to agree on…
