Into the Gulf
Briefing: A U.S. carrier strike group is taking position off Iran. Four Western leaders have visited Beijing in a month. + Who’s got the best AI?
The jagged frontier
Feature: Who’s got the best AI? Selina Xu on America’s intelligence explosion—and China’s “dark factories.”
A new route around America
Briefing: The EU and India lock in the biggest trade deal either has ever signed. More high-level intrigue in Beijing. + Why is the Arctic so important?
The last vigil
The weekend despatch: In Hong Kong, memory is on trial. At Davos, nothing happens. + What's Elefant Records?
The art of the deal
Briefing: A Greenland agreement, minus Greenland. Pinochet’s lawyers return. + The post-Cold War economic order is crumbling—what’s taking its place?
An age of coercion
Feature: The post-Cold War economic order is crumbling—what’s taking its place? Nicholas Mulder on the forces behind the “phase shift” in the world economy.
Where’s the line
Briefing: Eight NATO allies face tariffs, or worse, unless they sell Greenland to America. Three Minnesota leaders face grand jury subpoenas. + Can Europe save its auto industry?
The specter of Detroit
Feature: Can Europe save its auto industry? Sander Tordoir on how Chinese competition, American tariffs, and self-inflicted injury have put Europe’s carmakers on the brink.
Somewhere else to go
The weekend despatch: U.S. allies are sorting by who has somewhere else to go. How China became so innovative while remaining so authoritarian. + What on Earth is drone metal?
The difference three days made
Briefing: The U.S. Senate passes on restraining the president’s use of military power in Venezuela. Uganda votes in an internet blackout. + Why does American civil society look so fragile?
