Many Western countries – especially the US, Japan, and Germany – should pursue direct government intervention in wage bargaining, says former Editor in Chief of The Economist Bill Emmott.
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By asserting its right to pursue an immigration policy at odds with that of the US federal government, Texas is reviving a constitutional debate that recurred throughout the early nineteenth century, culminating in the Civil War. It is an ominous reminder that the perpetuation of the Union can never be taken for granted.
highlights the constitutional threat posed by the state's attempt to impose its own immigration policy.
With Ukraine depleted and overstretched, and with Russia posing a security threat to the Baltics and Europe more broadly, diplomatic and strategic coordination is more necessary than it has been since the end of the Cold War. Yet political leaders in Europe and the United States look too weak to rise to the occasion.
worries that Western political leaders lack the will to take the risky decisions that security demands.