The Ukrainian state budget needs about $3.5 billion a month to keep afloat in 2023. The main donors must be the United States and the European Union. Three key tasks need to be combined: reconstruction, EU accession, and completion of systemic reforms. The collective West needs to set up a joint...

Both candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, favor protectionism, but Trump to an extreme degree. The joint protectionism is mainly directed against Chinese technology. Trump favors mass deportation of immigrants, while the Democrats want orderly immigration. Nobody cares much about the...