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AsiaDonald Trump’s excellent Asian adventure The White House circus comes to Japan, Korea, and China By Mason Richey
European integrationThe future of the European stability mechanism EU finance commissioner, Pierre Muscovici, lays out his vision for the agency that loans money to Eurozone countries facing financial difficulty By Pierre Moscovici
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GlobalThe case against free-market capitalism Neoliberalism has been tried and found wanting. Do modern governments have the tools or know-how to correct it? By Ngaire Woods
OpinionSleeping in separate beds Divorce from Spain would be disastrous for Catalonia. But Barcelona needs a greater degree of independence By Gero Maass
AsiaIn search of a better life Female migrants bearing the burden of essential care work in Southeast Asian cities are all-too vulnerable to exploitation By Braema Mathi
GlobalInequality: the real political poison of our time While immigration and globalisation polarise politics across the developed world, rising inequality may be the main reason for public discontent By Wanda Wyporska
