International
Star wars: a new hope
Can Donald Trump’s Iron Dome plan keep America safe?
In a dangerous world, cutting-edge missile defence is all the rage
Tipping the balance
Why the war on childhood obesity is failing
Sugar taxes and obesity drugs will not be enough
A golden opportunity
Paris could change how cities host the Olympics for good
The games will test the success of new solutions to old bugbears
The Geneva Conventions at 75
Could America fight its enemies without breaking the law?
The speed and intensity of prospective conflicts could test the laws of war
Cable ties
How China and Russia could hobble the internet
The undersea cables that connect the world are becoming military targets
Fickle friends
Trump and other populists will haunt NATO’s 75th birthday party
Threats to Western alliances lie both within and without the club
Extreme temperatures
The rise of the truly cruel summer
Deadly heat is increasingly the norm, not an exception to it
Attending university abroad
Brainy Indians are piling into Western universities
Will rich countries welcome them the way they did Chinese students?
Ghosts in the machines
The new front in China’s cyber campaign against America
Big powers are preparing for wartime sabotage
Control yourself!
Is your rent ever going to fall?
Too often politicians tout awful solutions for helping tenants
An interview with Rafael Grossi
Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice
The world’s atomic watchdog fears a terrifying regional arms race
From grey zone to red zone
Taiwan’s new president faces an upsurge in Chinese coercion
But China’s bullying of Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines risks an explosion