European Power

The US and China are the closest of enemies

 After years of economic symbiosis in which the US purchased low-cost Chinese imports and China purchased US Treasuries, China has begun to pursue the prerogatives of a superpower, and the US has responded in kind. As a result, both countries are becoming more alike, particularly in their belief that there can be only one winner

Democracy defeated the coup

A year on, it is clear that the Catalan parliamentary coup d’état of 2017 has strengthened the Spanish political nation