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Is Europe declining faster than Qing China? A Chinese-French debate
July 10, 2026
Is the economic decline of Europe worse than the last decades of the Qing dynasty? That’s a question posed by Luis Vassy, director of Sciences Po, one of France’s premier universities. It has caused something of a stir in Europe and China.
The European Union’s air conditioning caste system
July 2, 2026
If not for the piles of regulation produced by the Berlaymont, air conditioning would likely be far easier and cheaper to obtain by hundreds of millions of Europeans.
Heat waves, brain waves
July 1, 2026
With people jumping into the Canal Saint–Martin in 100°–plus temperatures in Paris, it’s a good time to recall Paul Valéry and his regrets at the mental and spiritual consequences of Europe’s Great War on itself.
More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic
June 30, 2026
More people in the United States are going hungry now than during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic six years ago.
