World Affairs
Merkel’s many faces: a chancellorship of paradoxes
When Donald Trump ascended to the White House in early 2017, the repercussions for the west were as of yet unclear. His defeated rival, Hillary Clinton, was the candidate of orthodoxy; the status-quo figure, whose temperament echoed that of her would-be predecessor Barack Obama, was expected to reaffirm a dedication to multilateralism that had become […]
Channel drownings: a preventable tragedy?
World Affairs Editor Michael Gaughan discusses the recent drowning of 27 migrants on the English Channel, and asks whether the prevention of further deaths depends upon a repaired relationship between Britain and France and a rethinking of British government policy.
