All The Monitor's View
- A creative response to inflation
As central banks raise interest rates to rein in rising prices, consumers and businesses tap into an innovative spirit to lower costs.
- Israel revives hope for a Palestinian state
The long-ignored idea of equal states for the two people builds on demands in the Mideast for greater equality.
- The skies open for climate aid
Denmark sets a precedent for industrial nations in deciding to assist countries least responsible for global warming.
- Iran’s George Floyd moment
The arrest of a woman for not wearing proper dress and her death in custody have ignited public debate on civic equality and freedoms.
- Listening to the world’s students
The pandemic’s disruption to classrooms has forced educators to see youths as partners and developers in learning.
- Private giving rises to new global challenges
Many of the world’s biggest donors will gather at the United Nations this month, a sign of how philanthropy has become more worldwide.
- Rail workers help the U.S. find a new work-life balance
A pact that averted a rail strike includes better rules on time off for employees, an example of similar shifts in other workplaces after the pandemic.
- A peace-shaping deal for the Mideast
Israel and Lebanon near a deal on their fuel-rich maritime boundaries that might also fuel better bilateral ties.
- Apologizing for slavery: A Dutch way to make amends
Why attitudes have shifted quickly about the Netherlands’ colonial-era role in the slave trade.
- A key weapon in Ukraine’s blitz
Russia’s big retreat in eastern Ukraine was caused by more than military weapons from the West. Ukrainians were aided by an openness to the truth.
- A monarch’s patient work toward post-empire equality
Queen Elizabeth II shepherded Britain through the loss of an empire with persistent perfecting of the ideal of service.
- Soccer as icebreaker in a world hot spot
As Qatar readies to host the World Cup, it feels pressure from fans and the sport’s governing body to deal with rival Israel. The joy of athletics can often break through geopolitical rivalry.
- Left or right, Latin Americans find their voice
Below the current shifts in elections lies a deeper shift toward citizen activism that demands clean, effective governance.
- The global contest for semiconductor talent
The new U.S. push to dominate in making computer chips only helps drive a deeper understanding of the sources of innovation.
- Your beverage cup, my next sweater
Reuse is defining a new era of how things are made. It isn’t just recycling – it’s a re-imagining of the concepts of waste and value.
- Flipping the script on democracy’s decline
The world’s old democracies can find renewal in the determined struggles elsewhere for rights and rule of law.
- A new war doctrine on innocence abroad
A Pentagon plan to instill better values in soldiers to protect civilians in a conflict will require a shift toward reverence for innocent life.
- Pakistan as climate bellwether
Responses to the country’s immense floods could provide models for other weather crises.
- China becoming an open book?
Washington wins an agreement for Chinese firms listed on U.S. capital markets to be audited on high standards of transparency and honesty.
- Macron’s reset in North Africa
On his second trip to Algeria, the French president seeks a future built on shared prosperity and a “reconciliation of memories” from the colonial past.