World

Image of the Week: A moment captured after the debate illustrates the one useful distinction that Tuesday’s fiasco revealed

The Dem nominee’s strongest moments came when he turned to the cameras and acted as if the incumbent wasn’t there

Shannon Gormley: It is precisely because of the CCP’s status—a thug in the guise of a recognized authority of a recognized state—that its ransom-for-hostages demand is not merely evil but intolerable, and its price not merely high but impossible

Image of the Week: The scene of Biden’s momentous call with his veep pick screams normalcy. Its implications are anything but.

Terry Glavin: It turned out that the rest of the world wasn’t as keen on neo-liberal multilateralism as Team Trudeau had imagined

American-Polish writer Anne Applebaum probes the decline of a just society in the U.S., Britain and Poland in a new book, titled ’Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism’

Shannon Gormley: Countries such as Canada have waited for Beijing to come around, but the territories closest to the mainland, and thus in gravest danger from its overreaches, have run out of time

It will instantly become the most highly coveted resource on the planet. National wealth and global political clout may determine who gets it first.

Image of the Week: Back in 2017, the Canadian and Aussie PMs seemed sympatico. But in a new book, Malcolm Turnbull says he found Trudeau to be flaky and preoccupied by appearance.

Paul Wells: Openness and trust were fraying before COVID-19. The damage done to this world view is certain to last.