US President Donald Trump on April 2 imposed tariffs on all of America’s trading partners, publishing a list of them. However, the principle of their calculation remained unknown. The FT analyzed the formula for “reciprocal” tariffs and checked it against…
US President Donald Trump plans to announce a large-scale tariff reform on April 2 – the largest intervention in the US economy in the last century. The new customs policy should become both a source of revenue and a geopolitical…
Who and how should Ukraine work with in the Republican Party to maintain US support in the Trump era and beyond? Interview A gift for true leaders Forbes Certificate — 365 days of access to quality analytics, insights, and mind-blowing…
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), signed in 1968, has held back the global arms race for decades. Its basic formula is that the five official nuclear powers (the US, Russia, China, France, the UK) guarantee the…
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has found himself at the center of a scandal after The Atlantic editor-in-chief published a story about him joining a secret Signal chat with key members of Donald Trump’s team. In the correspondence, Hegseth shared…
The world is rapidly plunging into a new wave of trade protectionism: the US, China, the EU and other major economies are erecting tariff barriers, ignoring the rules of the World Trade Organization. Global trade is fragmenting into geopolitical blocs,…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has recently openly criticized Donald Trump, and his media outlet The Washington Post has been one of the most active opponents of the current US president. However, the situation has changed dramatically over the past year.…
February 2025 became a moment of truth for Ukraine-US relations. Instead of the expected reboot, Kyiv received a series of cold showers — from the Trump administration’s contradictory statements to the failed meeting at the White House. Washington is talking…
The first global oligarch, Elon Musk, is a global threat. It’s time to think about how to neutralize him. Column by Forbes Ukraine founding editor Volodymyr Fedorin A gift for true leaders Forbes Certificate — annual access to quality analytics,…
Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. They came into effect on March 4. The US President’s decision threatens an economic recession in the country, the destruction of supply chains and could hit Trump’s own…
Zelensky’s visit to Washington was supposed to strengthen Ukraine’s relations with the US, but it turned into a diplomatic fiasco: a public dispute, an early end to the meeting, and hints of a review of aid. Was this risk justified,…
The heated dispute between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States ended with Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaving the White House prematurely, but with support from European leaders on social media. The world media is calling this meeting an open conflict,…