Leaders
How far will he go?
Donald Trump: the would-be king
America is fated to wage a titanic struggle over the power of the president
Europe’s nightmare
How Europe must respond as Trump and Putin smash the post-war order
The region has had its bleakest week since the fall of the Iron Curtain. The implications have yet to sink in
Trade at the pleasure of the president
Reciprocal tariffs really mean chaos for global trade
America has tried reciprocity before, and discovered its flaws
Generation Hustle
How to help young Africans thrive
As the rest of the world ages, young Africans are becoming more important
Letters
On Heathrow airport, Mexican trade, Arctic sea ice, parliamentary speeches, diamonds
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
Orders and chaos
Donald Trump is a reckless president, but not yet a lawless one
He has yet to flatly defy a court order, which would initiate a constitutional crisis
Asia
All-weather friends
India’s other, little-known infrastructure revolution
Watching the watchmen
Singapore’s leader of the opposition is convicted of lying
China
A new Silicon Valley
Behind DeepSeek lies a dazzling Chinese university
Bare branches
China’s alarming sex imbalance
United States
Foreign policy
DOGE attacks a bastion of Republican internationalism
Inattentive medicine
Why so many children in America have ADHD
The Americas
A dead cow comes alive
Argentina’s Javier Milei is betting big on an oil gusher
Crypto problems
Javier Milei’s crypto misadventure
Middle East & Africa
Demographic destiny
Africa’s young “generation hustle” hits the big time
The battle for Khartoum
Sudan’s national army is on the brink of retaking the capital
No end in sight
Rwanda tightens its grip over eastern Congo
America’s allies in the Middle East
Egypt and Jordan are struggling to make themselves useful to Donald Trump
Inching forward
Syria’s next steps towards a new order
Europe
Talks in the desert
How Vladimir Putin plans to play Donald Trump
Surviving MAGA
Team Trump wants to get rid of Volodymyr Zelensky
Size matters
Germany’s mind-bending electoral maths
Britain
Trade diplomacy
Why Britain has so far dodged Donald Trump’s tariffs
Immigration politics
Britain’s government can ignore objections to its asylum policies
Puffed-up politicians
Rachel Reeves is not alone in inflating her résumé
Getting to the point
Should all knives with pointed ends be banned?
Sign of the times
Right-wing Britons are turning to e-petitions
International
Present at the destruction
Donald Trump is junking the transatlantic alliance
Deterring China
Will it be Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow?
The Telegram
Australia prepares for a lonelier, harsher world
Business
Change management
Elon Musk spells danger for Accenture, McKinsey and their rivals
Clearing the thicket
Europe is set to start cutting red tape—lightly
Bartleby
Leaving the seat of power
Schumpeter
Hollywood’s Trump-baiting Oscars
Finance & economics
As the balloon goes up
Investors fear inflation is coming back. They may be right
Cold weather, hot prices
American inflation looks increasingly worrying
Unlucky for some
Why American credit-card delinquencies have suddenly shot up
Fiscal Vollgas
To spend big, Germany’s next government may need EU help
Hungary for it
Will Europe return to Putin’s gas?
Free exchange
Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are absurd
Science & technology
Everything’s relatives
New research uncovers polygamy and intermarriage in ancient Eurasia
Assuming the mantle
Another win for geology’s Theory of Everything
Culture
Aim for the stars
Why are pop singers popping up in films?
Of muses, museums and money
The Louvre is hosting its first fashion exhibition
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Bean there, done that