International
It’s not easy being green
The global backlash against climate policies has begun
Cost, convenience and conspiracy-mongering undercut support for greenery
Afropopulism approaches
Africa’s coups are part of a far bigger crisis
Democracy is under threat from graft, stagnation and violence
Assassin’s creed
States are becoming more brazen about killing foes abroad
Some countries are finding new justifications for political murders
Counsels of war
Are Ukraine’s tactics working?
Slow progress on the battlefield prompts quarrels over strategy
The new zing in zoning
The growing global movement to restrain house prices
From America to New Zealand YIMBYs push market-led solutions
Oppenheimer’s nightmares
A new nuclear arms race looms
It will be harder to stop than the contest of the cold war
America and the Middle East
Reassessing Obama’s biggest mistake
How much was his red line in Syria to blame for America’s lost credibility?
Is a bigger party a better one?
The BRICS bloc is riven with tensions
China’s plan to expand the club reveals the contradictions at its core
Shock trauma
What Ukraine’s bloody battlefield is teaching medics
Western armies have not dealt with mass casualties since the 1950s
Thinking for themselves
Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world’s
People’s principles were expected to align as countries got richer. What happened?