What’s America need allies for?
The weekend despatch: The U.S. has gone all in on dominance before. How North Korea got the bomb. + Why Westerns sound the way they do.
Limitless
Briefing: Iran’s twelfth day. Trump’s one constraint. + Can Europe defend its northern border?
‘You’d be paranoid too’
Feature: Can Europe defend its northern border? Paul Taylor on the Nordic bulwark against Russia.
Same streets, same dictators
Briefing: What comes next in Venezuela. What’s happening in Iran. + Why are business leaders across China disappearing into prisons?
‘It’s a question of Party discipline’
Feature: Why are business leaders across China disappearing into prisons? Jiangnan Zhu on the motives behind Beijing’s anti-corruption campaign.
End games
The weekend despatch: Why is a living American president memorializing himself? A lemon-shaped planet with diamond rain. + How British is British R&B?
While the president spoke
Briefing: A record U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, without a word from the top. The fight in Europe over frozen Russian assets. + How has China become so rich?
There is nothing to discuss
Briefing: Putin has an ultimatum for everyone. Sudanese paramilitaries have murdered tens of thousands in al-Fasher. + Who's afraid of Jimmy Lai?
Ninety percent there
Briefing: Security guarantees with an expiration date for Ukraine. Security forces beat a Nobel laureate in Iran. + What do you do if you're the European Union, sitting on €200 billion belonging to the Kremlin?
The conviction of Jimmy Lai
Briefing: A verdict and a diplomatic bet in Hong Kong. The sharpest right turn since Pinochet in Chile. + What does the transformation of the German military mean for Europe?
