Day: September 22, 2023

Dutch universities teach in English. It’s making them too popular.

Balance Europe Dutch universities teach in English. It’s making them too popular. | View caption Hide caption Dutch universities are having to balance their desire for international students against their need to protect limited resources – by using tools generally wielded by nationalists. It would require universities to teach more classes in Dutch and allow…

Biden at the UN: Old-school internationalism faces a test

Cooperation Foreign Policy Biden at the UN: Old-school internationalism faces a test | View caption Hide caption President Joe Biden’s United Nations speech Tuesday offers him the opportunity to convince his audiences, both foreign and domestic, that his brand of traditional internationalism is not a relic of a bygone American century. He and first lady…

U.K. PM Sunak criticized for pushing back ban on new gas and diesel cars

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that he is delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that had been due to take effect in 2030, watering down climate goals that he said imposed “unacceptable costs” on ordinary people. The move angered green groups, opposition politicians and large chunks of…