A brand new look at global conflict from top Economist correspondent John Andrews.

Hans Vijlbrief werd in januari 2022 staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, belast met mijnbouw. Veruit het belangrijkste was het dossier Groningen dat, figuurlijk gesproken, in brand stond. Zestig jaar gaswinning en aardbevingen hadden zowel fysiek als mentaal grote schade veroorzaakt. De overheid had fout op fout gestapeld en leek niet in staat de Groningers recht te doen.

In De Groningers hadden altijd gelijk geeft Vijlbrief weer hoe hij die problemen probeerde aan te pakken. Ni...

On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into the world's fastest growing major economy, and from a weak state barely able to govern or protect its own territory to a rising power that is challenging the United States for global i...

In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, global leaders have been integrating the world's economy, transport and communications, breaking down borders in the hope of making war impossible.

Stunning and much anticipated follow up to the acclaimed, prize-winning, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible.