Huawei’s plight spells trouble for world trade

Huawei is not the first firm to lose out in this new era of distrust

By Peter Apps 6 years ago

An imperfect UN is still the world’s best hope

The modern United Nations, a more muscular and inclusive body than its predecessor, has survived close on four times longer than the League.

By Peter Apps 6 years ago

Calm down America, attacks won’t break UK

When I rolled my wheelchair out of my apartment block Sunday morning - mere hours after three attackers killed seven a few hundred yards away in London Bridge and Borough Market - the most striking thing was the sense of calm.

By Peter Apps 8 years ago

In standing up to Trump, Europe gets its mojo back

If President Donald Trump wanted to make an impression with his first visit to Europe last week, he unquestionably succeeded.

By Peter Apps 8 years ago

Opinion: Donald Trump gets nuclear crisis from hell

Trump has been left to confront North Korea’s nuclear activities because his predecessors failed to manage them. The regime in Pyongyang, meanwhile, continues to build ever more dangerous weapons systems. Washington’s foreign policy establishment has a host of disagreements with Trump.

By Peter Apps 8 years ago

Despite Brexit, British politics is healthy

Having found itself in such a messy place, the electorate has little appetite to return to the polls - even if May’s mandate for pushing through such a harsh EU exit remains limited.

By Peter Apps 8 years ago

With all that’s happening, how worse could 2016 get?

Given just how much bad news has been packed into the year so far, the question has to be asked - what else could go wrong?

By Peter Apps 8 years ago

Women leaders taking over superpowers

It now seems likely that by the middle of January 2017, three of the world’s six largest economic powers will be led by women.

By Peter Apps 8 years ago

UK drifts towards Brexit nightmare

Over the last few days, many of Britain’s leading political figures appeared to be in hiding.

By Peter Apps 9 years ago

Is the end of Europe nigh?

For years, skeptics warned of multiple threats to the European project. The strains of the single currency, they said, would rip it apart.

By Peter Apps 9 years ago