As the US deploys tariffs as economic weapons — the story of how a 1930s trade policy accidentally abolished penal sanctions ...

In this analysis, Max Boot revisits Graham Allison’s “Thucydides Trap” theory to warn that the US-China trade war could spiral into something far more dangerous. Boot traces historical parallels - ...

I usually write about education and its importance. But let us not forget that education goes beyond the formal institutions as well. I am ...

Young Lion Resting, which went on show in Amsterdam this week, could approach a record price for a work on paper at auction ...

After his April 2 “Liberation Day” announcement of tariffs on most of the planet unleashed stock and bond market chaos, ...

Jos Groen. Picture: Supplied Mrs Green did not know much about her family’s past in the former Dutch East Indies – it was never spoken about and she only gleaned hints when her mother began ...

It’s been 82 years since Roy Porter jumped on a train to join the air force to fight for his country in World War II.

And it's the latter weather pattern where KLM CEO Marjan Rintel finds herself these days. Like many companies, KLM had been ...

The population of Europe was on the rise at the beginning of the Industrial revolution. Looking back, this increase was at least partly instrumental in pushing this revolution forward. The ...

Archaeologists show some of the first people to settle the ancient continent of Sahul arrived on the shores of present-day ...

In 1938, Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, made history as the first Asian team to feature in the FIFA World Cup™ finals. With a squad made up of players of Dutch heritage ...

Nothing in recent history has so strikingly emphasized the need for international coöperation in the economic field as the ...