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Trump Goes Caracas
Thoughts on what President Donald Trump's "extraordinary military operation" may mean for Europe and the global economy
Jan 4
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Europe's Glass Half-Full
A guest post by Hugo Dixon, one of the architects of the Ukraine reparation loan plan, on why he rates last week's EU deal as only 6 out of 10 - and why…
Dec 22, 2025
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Hugo Dixon
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Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on a goodish week for Europe, a great year for China and an outstanding year for the Trump family. Plus marketing God - lessons from the…
Dec 21, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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The End of the Economic World as We Knew It
Apr 3, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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How The West Was Lost
Oct 19, 2025
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How Brexit Wrecked the Stock Market
Apr 8, 2024
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Simon Nixon
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The Coming Crash?
Aug 31, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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What Can Stop Trump plus other critical issues
Apr 6, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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Europe's Surrender
Jul 28, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese…
Dec 14, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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Can Europe be Saved?
A few thoughts on the state of Europe amid a twin-pronged assault from the United States and Russia
Dec 7, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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A declaration of political war
The Trump-Vance National Security Strategy is blatantly racist, declares an open intent of interfering in European politics, and is extraordinarily…
Published on Bill Emmott's Global View
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Dec 6, 2025
Hard Truths
Thoughts on the state of Britain including is the chancellor guilty of market abuse, potential good news for gilts, the myth of Benefits Street, and…
Nov 30, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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Buying Time
Thoughts on why the UK budget may provide only temporary relief from bond vigilantes, how to address Belgian concerns over the reparation loan, and why…
Nov 27, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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Broken Models
Thoughts on whether UK debt is sustainable, why the IMF is right on European welfare, are we approaching peak China, how graft shaped Ukraine and…
Nov 16, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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Peak Everything
Thoughts on whether we have passed peak Trump, peak stocks, peak populism and peak Farage plus how to fight back against the ethno-nationalists
Nov 9, 2025
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Simon Nixon
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