AsiaA Trump-like anti-intellectual Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, steps down. During his tenure, he failed to achieve most of his goals By Sven Saaler
EuropeWhy women deserve a four-day week The pandemic has shown only too clearly: women are still doing far more unpaid work than men. A four-day week, however, could help shift the balance By Helen Hester
North AmericaTrump and the politics of ‘mean world’ The Republican convention was a four-day cavalcade of the mean world alarmism thriving on fear By David Brooks
