By Invitation

The American election

A competition to replace Joe Biden would better serve the party, and the country, argues Joe Ravitch

Games over?

David Goldblatt thinks pausing the spectacle might jolt the world into grasping the severity of the climate challenge

Breaking good

The Australian breaker hopes we’ll all soon be talking about B-Girls, B-Boys and double airflares

British politics

You don’t have to splurge to woo back working people, says Claire Ainsley

SCOTUS and presidential immunity

The Supreme Court’s ruling on prosecuting presidents is mistaken, says Eric Nelson, but not because the founding fathers were anti-monarchists

The American election

The president is deluding himself. Democrats are better than that, says Ari Emanuel

Geopolitics

The Global South must be courted, even if that means compromising interests, argues Alexander Stubb

French politics

Pascal Cagni explains why foreign investors should not panic

Europe’s other flashpoint

Russia and China are up to old tricks in the region, argue George Robertson and Andi Hoxhaj

Business and the American election

The Biden administration has played dirty and shown staggering incompetence, argues Joe Lonsdale

The French election

Or it could try to change the EU from within—which would be worse, reckons Jean Pisani-Ferry

British politics

It is more in touch with voters, says the longest-serving female MP—but there is more work to do