Globalisation

Football’s super league fiasco underlines the need for levelling up everywhere

The bid by top clubs to break away was globalisation at its worst – and emblematic of the UK’s problems beyond sport

Jim O'Neill

09, May, 2021 @6:00 AM

The Covid crisis: some people think it’s all over … it isn’t

A new reality check is coming unless the west replicates its ‘whatever-it-takes approach’ to help poorer countries cope

Larry Elliott

18, Apr, 2021 @9:41 AM

How would a global minimum tax work and why is it needed?

The Biden administration wants to end profit-shifting to tax havens by big tech firms and other multinationals

Richard Partington

09, Apr, 2021 @11:28 AM

The 'black swan' Covid catastrophe shows us just how fragile our world is | Larry Elliott

It is clear now that there is a big downside to an economic model that pays little heed to sustainability

Larry Elliott

03, Jan, 2021 @11:32 AM

EU must assert autonomy in face of US-China dominance, says Macron

French president says US election chance to pursue sovereignty amid rising populism

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

16, Nov, 2020 @9:14 AM

Australians more likely to trust government advice on Covid-19 than other nations

Of 25 nations in the YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project only three others had higher levels of trust, while support for conspiracy theories is at just 5%

Daniel Hurst

29, Oct, 2020 @4:30 PM

In the staggering dislocation of 2020, I think of the many gifts my parents gave me | Christos Tsiolkas

For most Australians, two events of biblical solemnity will define 2020, fire and plague. How should we respond?

Christos Tsiolkas

25, Jul, 2020 @8:00 PM

Fifteen years after the G8 summit, it's the UK that's in dire need of aid

Like Brown in 2005, Sunak plans to help the vulnerable – but the similarities end there

Larry Elliott

05, Jul, 2020 @1:19 PM

The latest figures are a wake-up call: the global Covid-19 crisis isn't close to over | Adam Tooze

A coordinated response to the crisis in the Americas, India and Africa must be led by countries that have suppressed the virus, says Adam Tooze, a professor of history at Columbia University

Adam Tooze

30, Jun, 2020 @7:00 AM

The Guardian view on Labour Together: offer Britain a common purpose | Editorial

Editorial: The Covid-19 crisis has shown that we need to come together, not move apart. Sir Keir Starmer has an opportunity to seize and shape the political moment

Editorial

22, Jun, 2020 @6:14 PM

The death of globalisation has been announced many times. But this is a perfect storm | Adam Tooze

Add changes in technology, macroeconomics and geopolitics to the virus, and it becomes clear why we face a turbulent year, says academic Adam Tooze

Adam Tooze

02, Jun, 2020 @6:00 AM

Trump and Xi Jinping: meet the new cold warriors

The leaders have waged a bitter war of words over Covid-19 and both are eager to shore up their base at home. We examine the looming new confrontation

Julian Borger and Emma Graham-Harrison

17, May, 2020 @10:00 AM