Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Sense, Sensibilities and Spying 130 July 10, 2013 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Economist (United Kingdom) on by (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:United Kingdom Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: Machado’s Peace Prize Gift Shows She’s Betting on a Future with Trump January 19, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Canada: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Proposal Met with Skepticism, Caution amid Shaky Gaza Ceasefire January 19, 2026. Published in CBC 0 Australia: Donald Trump Heading to Davos as Bond Market Vigilantes Plot against Him January 19, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Saudi Arabia: Trump: The Best Is Yet to Come January 18, 2026. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatTrump would also do well to remember Shakespeare line “love cools, friends fall off, brothers divide!” 0 Brazil: Why the Venezuelan Invasion Interests Nvidia More than Exxon* January 19, 2026. Published in Folha Donald Trump has not read history. He invaded Venezuela [to steal] the country’s oil, as if it were still 1973. 0 Topics Spain: The Law of the Jungle in Trump’s World January 20, 2026. Published in El País[T]he country that wrote the rules decides it no longer wants to follow them. 0 Australia: Donald Trump, the Madman Theory, and Why Even Australia Is Not Safe January 20, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Ireland: This Crisis Is Not Ultimately about Greenland. It’s about Something Much Bigger January 20, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Ireland: Irish Examiner View: Trump Tariff Threat Is Yet Another Bully Tactic January 20, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Venezuela: Venezuela: Why the Political Transition Is with Chavismo and Not against Chavismo January 19, 2026. Published in Analitica[N]either Trump nor Rubio has confidence in the Venezuelan opposition leadership to lead the transition. 0 Poland: Greenland, Venezuela: Donald Trump Caught at a Crossroad* January 19, 2026. Published in Rzeczpospolita[P]ower politics ... is the principle of the right to use force wherever the interests of the U.S. require it. 0 Australia: Machado’s Peace Prize Gift Shows She’s Betting on a Future with Trump January 19, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Canada: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Proposal Met with Skepticism, Caution amid Shaky Gaza Ceasefire January 19, 2026. Published in CBC 0 Related Articles Mexico: US: Military in the Debate? July 27, 2023. Published in El Heraldo de Mexico[T]he U.S. Armed Forces have sometimes become a social laboratory. And this time is no exception. United Kingdom: Let’s Welcome the Democrats! October 12, 2022. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatThe world is changing and so is Saudi Arabia, but decision-makers in Washington are unaware of the speed at which those changes are happening. South Korea: US Fed’s Hypocritical Criticism of the UK October 8, 2022. Published in HankyungIt is hard to deny that one of the main causes of the global financial market's current turmoil lies in the U.S.' ... monetary policy. Taiwan: AUKUS: A Support Mechanism for Taiwan? May 9, 2022. Published in UDNThis is the first time officials from the U.S. and U.K. have discussed the role the U.K. might play if war were to break out in the Taiwan Strait. Japan: Invasion of Ukraine: US Bans Russian Oil Imports; Japan and Europe Should Follow March 20, 2022. Published in Mainichi Shimbun Previous articleUS and China Must Avoid 'Thucydidean Trap'Next articleObama’s Descent from the Nobel Prize to Worldwide Distrust LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment