The Kremlin dominates the cross-border business of nuclear fuel and technology

Talk of “white genocide” is baseless. But some American pressure could be helpful

Sweden is banning OnlyFans content as the lines around sex work blur

It is meekly welcoming the new sheriff’s vigilante justice

The answer matters more than you think

Donald Trump prefers deals to regime change

After decades of rising secularism, Christianity is holding its ground—and gaining among the young

After decades of rising secularism, Christianity is holding its ground—and gaining among the young

Its plan was to hold off a Chinese attack until America turned up. What now?

MAGA-world flirts with forces that once tore Europe apart

His regime uses payouts to salve Russian families’ grief

Amateur crooks are using plug-and-play hacking kits

China blames US interventions for Middle East turmoil. “Snap!” says Mr Trump

Its huge investment in the rival BeiDou system may give it an edge

Donald Trump’s quest for orbital dominance

The world scrambles to save global health policy from Donald Trump

How to distinguish between weapons-grade disinformation and everyday codswallop

The West is retreating from the battle of the narrative

The mystery of an America First president fascinated by foreigners’ disputes

America and China are pushing it to the brink of financial collapse

America will lose an economic-pain war

It will galvanise international co-operation over writing rules for the ocean bed

The once-banned weapons are making a comeback to deter Russia

Russia’s European neighbours hate landmines. They are installing them anyway

The number of strikes against jihadists is rising. Is it 2001 all over again?

A conclave of 135 cardinals may pick someone very different from Francis

Even if the world needs to become much better at managing their waste

For all its strength and swagger, China is struggling to handle an impulsive America

Will they become redundant as the technology develops?

Trade wars are alarming, but so are might-makes-right deals

The 15-70-15 rule and other ways to prise powerful fingers from the public coffers

Its experts cannot decide whether the second Trump presidency is a threat or an opportunity

The effects are often unexpected

In a fracturing world, trade and co-operation will come first

His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen

A revealing new history of the cold-war crisis that inspired modern refugee law

The shutdown of VOA, RFE/RL and other broadcasters weakens America and supporters of democracy

Will America’s president damage the world’s most powerful intelligence pact?

Foreign-policy realists will struggle to explain America’s sharp turn

Only with something inferior to Elon Musk’s offering

Poland wants co-operation with France on a nuclear deterrent. That could take many forms

The alliance has three to four years to adopt AI and new tech

Donald Trump’s resentful, show-me-the-money approach to statecraft is catching on

How criminal innovators are mastering synthetic drugs, AI, the dark web and drones