An order from no one
Briefing: An unofficial deadline to empty South Africa of migrants. The U.S. Supreme Court’s clearance to deport 350,000 Haitians and Syrians. + Has Iran ended America’s dominance in economic warfare?
‘Shells within shells’
Feature: Has Iran ended America’s dominance in economic warfare? Nicholas Mulder on why the Americans can still squeeze their allies but not their rivals.
The only suspect
Briefing: A knife-edge election in Colombia, and a defeated president who says Israel hacked it. Communist Cuba opens its economy to foreign capital, and the Americans move to scare it off. + What’s extreme heat do to you?
The art of not losing
The weekend despatch: A war to disarm Iran ends with a pledge to build it up again. Nature, it turns out, is still selecting. + What’s Rock Action Records?
A treaty in Versailles
Briefing: Months of war meant to disarm Iran end with hundreds of billions pledged to rebuild it. Ukraine’s drones torch the fuel Russia is using to fight it. + How’s the green transition going?
Incumbents
Feature: How’s the green transition going? Thea Riofrancos on the politics the technology can’t solve.
No return address
Briefing: Mystery drones are killing civilians in Sudan’s civil war. A 60-day U.S.-Iran ceasefire isn’t addressing nuclear weapons. + What do drones do to a war?
Players
Extra: Gulf royals have moved billions into global football. Now what?
Breaking from the room
Briefing: A summer of discontent down in the White House. A ceasefire everyone keeps shooting through. + How secure is Mexico for the World Cup? Benjamin Smith on the cartels, the state, and the warring between them.
Don’t mention the bomb
Briefing: Chairman Xi makes a special visit. The Pentagon puts China’s biggest brands on a military blacklist. + Why do so many people hate the idea of capitalism?
