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Editorials The world's lone superpower is on the wane
The US has long inhabited a world of make-believe – of a war that demands no sacrifice, of a consumer boom that demands no payment, of a power and prosperity that seemed America's birthright, whatever events in the real world. Now those fantasies are yielding to the truism coined by Herb Stein, a top White House economic adviser in the 1970s. If something can't go on for ever, it won't.
 While the world watched the pomp of Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing, the US was turning... |
 The president of the United States threatened this week to commit genocide against Iran. As Israel... | ||
 The meaning of the term “ceasefire” should be self‑evident. Yet Israel’s strikes have killed scores of... |
 When Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the international condemnation from Europe... |
