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Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest could make other thugs in high office think twice before committing crimes. But the case is only going ahead because the political winds in the Philippines have changed econ.st/3DkJNCs

The best way to curb the cruelty of the world’s worst regimes (from The Economist) economist.com/culture/2025/0…

It helps that Roth "never took an academic course on human rights. Rather than nitpicking about the minutiae of international law, he tells human stories....It is stories, more than theories, that help humans comprehend tyranny" and rebut its falsehoods. economist.com/culture/2025/0…

The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground (from The Economist) economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

Excellent analysis in The Economist on why @Gavi is "exemplary" and shows how health aid can be maximised to ensure cost-effective, predictable support. Gavi's unique model helps countries transition away from support to become fully self-financed: econ.st/4l7qygB

The Economist has done this review on the new book Righting Wrongs written by Kenneth Roth. It bears repeating. "A doctor in Syria under Bashar al-Assad was forced to sedate 63 prisoners. Not to ease the pain caused by shackling, but to ensure they did not complain about it

President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc (from The Economist) economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

Reversing state capture is hard. Just ask South Africa, Bangladesh or Poland. Far better not to let it take root in the first place. (from The Economist) economist.com/international/…

When the powers and resources of the state are hijacked, how can they be won back? Three examples from around the world offer a mixture of hope and caution econ.st/4iQ5EAY Illustration: Daniel Stolle

How golden ages really start—and end (from The Economist) economist.com/culture/2025/0…

Europe’s free-speech problem (from The Economist) economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

Why the best time to be a dad is now (from The Economist) economist.com/culture/2025/0…

As China’s unquestioned ruler, possibly for life, Xi Jinping is arguably the most important person in the world. Yet information about him is paltry. One new book explores how his father shaped him into the leader he is today econ.st/45x8BTb

“Tailoring policies to help struggling boys need not mean disadvantaging girls, any more than prescribing glasses for someone with bad eyesight hurts those with 20/20 vision.” ⁦The Economist⁩ on The stunning decline of the preference for having boys economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

“Where men’s honour depends on women’s seclusion, cross-gender friendships are rare”. This also predicts low female employment. Great coverage of my favourite new paper in The Economist

The TV shows people risk death to watch (from The Economist) economist.com/culture/2025/0…

The asylum system is not working. It cannot cope with a world of proliferating conflict, cheap travel and huge wage disparities. A more pragmatic approach starts by helping refugees find shelter closer to home econ.st/3TzdTGJ

In war, incentives matter more than courage (from The Economist) economist.com/culture/2025/0…

People move to the sunbelt for affordable homes. But it is getting harder to build there economist.com/united-states/…

"Jay Knight, a developer in Atlanta, says it used to take 90 days to zone a parcel of land and another 90 to get a permit to build on it; now he budgets at least a year for each." 🤢 economist.com/united-states/…