Interview with Raphael Gamzou, Israel Ambassador
No matter one’s opinion on the policies of Israel, and the Middle East, most people would agree that in many issues it is a different country – not just of its neighbours but different from any country. But on the long run, is it Israel’s ambition to be “less different”?
Pedro Comissário, Permanent Representative of Mozambique in the United Nations, in New York
The world has just celebrated the turn of the year 2020. This year will figure in the annals of history as a special year. It brought huge...
Vítor Sereno, Portuguese Ambassador to Senegal
At the Portuguese Embassy in Dakar - covering seven countries and one million square kilometres of coastline, the Sahelian desert and located in a stable economic region where states share a single currency -...
María José Argana Mateu, Paraguayan Ambassador in Portugal
2020 placed a global challenge on us and each country had to face the constraints imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic in order to protect the health of its citizens and minimize the...
Ioannis Metaxas, Greek Ambassador in Portugal
Now that the period of economic stability memorandums and huge sacrifices by the Greek people is over, the country has entered a new age of recovery, having established the right conditions for a sustainable...
It all started 22 years ago on Madison Avenue. Three of the world’s most senior financial PR professionals met to discuss a ground-breaking alliance, that would change the shape of the communications industry.
Over two days in late April 2023, The Economist spent over eight hours in conversation with Dr Kissinger. Just weeks before his 100th birthday, the former secretary of state and national security adviser laid out his concerns about the risks of great power conflict and offered solutions for how to avoid it. This is a transcript of the conversation, lightly edited for clarity.
A new geopolitical and economic order is being written through the emergence of China as an economic, military and diplomatic superpower and threatening the status of the United States. We are heading towards a multipolar world in which the search for strategic autonomy is changing the dynamics of international trade for the worse. Nothing will be more determinant to the world’s destiny over forthcoming years than the relationship between Beijing and Washington. Europe risks being a mere bystander.