Ross Douthat

NYT COLUMNIST

An elderly Ukrainian villager on a road on the outskirts of Dibrova on July 23, 2022. The relative balance of risks between demography and climate is changing.

Five rules for an ageing world

Why demography may be shaping up to be a bigger risk to the world than climate change

A new  image released by Buckingham Palace on September 18, 2022, shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiling, photographed at Windsor Castle in May 2022. Huge crowds built in central London from early morning on September 19, 2022, to secure a spot to watch the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.
THE BOTTOM LINE

The quality that sustained Queen Elizabeth is hobbling Putin

WHY is Vladimir Putin failing to win his war in Ukraine? The answers multiply: hubris, corruption and incompetence on the Russian side;...