From tariffs to AI demand, US companies are pondering what comes next
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The far right and the far left want to throw France into chaos to force President Emmanuel Macron to resign. But they are unlikely to get their way, at least for now.
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To be the Israeli Bismarck is no mean feat. But there may be a sting in Bibi’s tail.
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The success of Polymarket and other betting platforms in calling the election will bring an end to the era of political forecasting as we know it.
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Unreliable suppliers can modify devices, yet companies devote few resources to verifying the origin of components.
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At home, the left sees him as cynical, conniving and corrupt; while the right sees him as tired, weak and unambitious. Abroad, he is almost universally loathed and distrusted. And yet no one can deny his Machiavellian mastery of the dirty game of politics, domestic and international.
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President Emmanuel Macron is installing the first government dependent on the far-right in France’s post-war history. But paradoxically, the country may take a step toward ending the risk of a Le Pen power grab.
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Security hawks in Washington worry that infrastructure deals risk the future of AI
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The new Assemblée Nationale’s most important task is to adopt an electoral system based on proportional representation. Only then can France’s transition from a presidential to a parliamentary democracy succeed and the far right be kept in check.
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For France, the French president’s snap elections gamble is risky. From a European perspective, running that risk now is irresponsible.
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More than halfway through its incentives spending, the US will have far greater scope to manage shocks
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Extremists stand to benefit from the problems the ruling coalition won’t solve.
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