Memo

19
Sep
Everyone but the Saudis

Everyone but the Saudis

The Houthis at the mouth of the Red Sea. Free passage promised, with one exception. & What’s in the ruins of Gaza?
4 min read
17
Sep
Stop lights on empty tracks

Stop lights on empty tracks

Rail sabotage on Budget Day. Burning parcels and cut cables across Europe. & What’s getting American teenagers off their phones?
6 min read
15
Sep
Those aren’t stars

Those aren’t stars

Canada’s bid for Europe. America’s weapons in orbit. + Is September 11 still an open case?
5 min read
12
Sep
Pass this to Gilberto, would you

Pass this to Gilberto, would you

A curious note, handed across a defense conference in Seoul. South Korea’s record exports, after a 26th month of factory-job losses. & Is September 11 still an open case?
4 min read
10
Sep
Apologies for absence

Apologies for absence

How the hard-right Alternative for Germany could take over a federal state without a majority. The return of the U.K.’s assisted-dying bill. & Is the world moving off the dollar?
5 min read
08
Sep
Party balloons over El Paso

Party balloons over El Paso

The tariff over Canadian cars that doesn’t tax cars. Local police in the U.S., now licensed to shoot down aircraft. & What happens when the American government hires private firms to hack foreign criminal networks?
5 min read
13
Aug
A mailbox in Virginia

A mailbox in Virginia

Briefing: The CIA’s apparent attacks on Ecuadoran fishing boats. Hungary’s new president, someone its last government got rid of. + Why is the White House calling its political opponents “national security” threats?
5 min read
11
Aug
Leave your phone at home

Leave your phone at home

Briefing: No one can get to the villages that took the worst of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia. The White House pares American childhood vaccines down from 17 diseases to 11. + Why do temperatures keep rising—even after they cool off?
5 min read
06
Aug
Overdrawn

Overdrawn

Briefing: The Pentagon regrets finding itself out of missiles—until 2030. In India, the ex-prime minister of Bangladesh brushes off her death sentence. + What happened to the “public intellectual”?
6 min read
04
Aug
Just passing through

Just passing through

Briefing: Sixty thousand over the fence into Spain in two days. Iran decides on a price for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: total control of everything. + What could the defeat of Hezbollah actually settle?
6 min read