Nearly three years ago I wrote here about the far-right constitutional theory behind Trump lawyer John Eastman’s role in the inept yet deadly January 6, 2021 coup attempt against then President-elect Joe Biden. I described the idiosyncratic reworking by Eastman and other so-called west-coast Straussians at California’s Claremont Institute of the ideas of the German-Jewish … Read more
Robert H. Wade examines what American disengagement and growing resentment among emerging market and developing countries mean for the future of the IMF. It is now widely recognised that the world has moved into a more chaotic state than a decade and more ago. The “global liberal order” is wounded (though not broken), as the … Read more
What will the world look like in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s latest trade war? At best, it will see a collection of contrite nations trying to restore mutual economic relations in the wake of a great economic fiasco. At worst, it will be a world that makes the devastation wrought by the … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning. In today’s newsletter: China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs Microsoft poaches DeepMind staff behind AI podcast feature Bangladesh rewrites … Read more
By Eve Hill On President Trump’s first day in office, he immediately issued a new Executive Order declaring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) efforts “illegal.” With this new order in effect, previous mandates that implemented DEI efforts both in the federal government and among federal contractors were revoked. Unfortunately, the federal government and federal contractors … Read more
