Sitemap - 2021 - Bill Emmott's Global View

Nixon's China visit, 50 years on

Italy, from country of the year to country of the decade?

Recommended reading on Japan

Podcast: Global systems of governance have begun to whither on the vine

Governance lessons from COP26

AUKUS and the complexity of Indo-Pacific security

Of Nobels for journalism and climate science, and (briefly) Hokusai at the British Museum

How does Mario Draghi want to spend his 2022?

Reflections, 20 years on

Three myths about the exit from Afghanistan

The sobering reality surrounding the Afghan debacle

On the opening of the Tokyo Olympics

Toshiba and the art of governmental hypocrisy

Of mudslides, strawberries, brewers and the Olympics

Japan's Covid roller-coaster ride and the damage to its reputation

G7 bee: generous as they sound, the West's belated vaccine pledges give China the lead

Weekend bee: Japan, the Olympics and the right question to ask about Italian politics

Shaw, the Rahmfather and the fine art of diplomacy

The plane truth about Dave

Uncomfortably for some, climate is now a central issue for Japanese business

A world dividing again into camps

Bank holiday bee: Vaccine nonsense

Monday bee: The US, Japan and Taiwan

Bonnet bees: Belfast riots, sporting firsts and jabs about vaccines

(Easter) Monday bees: Lies, assholes and strongmen

Suez, Ever Given and supply-chain risks

Monday bees: on China, vaccines and cultural differences

On the Olympics, Wordsworth, vaccines, Tokyo junkies, wa and US-China rivalry

Looking for "Global Britain"

Those (televised) thorns in Britain's crown

Farewell to a 107-year-old Japanese artist

The tenth anniversary of Japan's triple disaster of 3.11

Every day without vaccines, globally, costs billions

What to expect from the Draghi government

"Chairman's Blog" for the Japan Society of the UK

The real US goal in Asia must be to balance Chinese power, not contain it

On Mario Draghi as Cristiano Ronaldo

How Japan handled the pandemic better than the rest of the West

Now, a "new" Italian government

What China wants

The Conte-Renzi war: an update

Unravelling Italy's government crisis

Amendment 14, Section 3

Criminal justice is the best solution for Trump

Japan's cheap-labour folly

Three issues on which progressives should focus

The Big Lie, v 2.0

Donald Trump and the Big Lie

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