Gregory Scruggs
The Agenda: Business
How the tyre is going green, electric motorcycles in France and the Japanese hovercraft revival.
The personal is political. Here are five mayors who are taking action to improve their cities
Real change requires commitment and initiative. We take a look at how local leaders from across the globe prove that individual decision-making can fundamentally shape a city’s future.
Global perspectives on urban wellness: How do we build equitable cities?
Quality of life isn’t just about political solutions. So what else makes a city tick? Our correspondents offer some answers.
Could a return to its heartland of Seattle be the cure for Boeing’s crisis?
It’s high time that the aviation giant draws on its heritage and wings its HQ back to Washington state. Plus: Finland's new Airbnb competitor
Affairs agenda: Drones in modern warfare, Norway’s business-minded prince and the US election
Andrew Mueller on…Morality in global conflict Every nation that has waged war and every non-state militia that has sallied similarly forth has done so advertising its virtuousness. To illustrate the same point from the…
Move with the times
In exactly two years’ time, Italians will bask in the alpenglow of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. If all goes well, organisers will clink their aperitivo glasses at the top of a rebuilt Eugenio…
All for one
A rational approach to immigration sets Canada apart from most Western countries. Here’s why it works.
Turning the page
A bookish small town in Washington state banded together to build a new library as a resource that every member of its community can feel invested in.
The Agenda: Affairs
India’s travel boom, the Philippines’ junk-food habit and Europe’s strategic autonomy.
Outsider’s perspective
Iceland’s Canadian-born first lady is such a keen advocate of her adopted country and its progressive gender politics that she’s writing books about it.
