Leaders

Poor prescription

America’s moves against Chinese biotech will hurt patients at home

The motives behind the BIOSECURE act are muddy

Your country needs (more of) you

How to get more people into military uniforms

Why mandatory military service makes sense for some countries but not others

The Modi juggernaut

India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition

The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election

The Middle East on fire

Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran

Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint

OK Zoomer

Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z

They are not doomed to be poor and anxious

The second Powell pivot

America’s interest rates are unlikely to fall this year

That will squeeze financial markets and the world economy

A realist’s guide

How to locate the global south

How a fuzzy, scorned term reflects geopolitical shifts

Four-leafed voters

True swing voters are extraordinarily rare in America

We have found some

War in Gaza

The short-sighted Israeli army

Force alone cannot bring security

What’s in a name

In praise of Peter Higgs

The particle named after him became a selling point. For the man, it was a bit of a pain

The sense of an ending

The rights and wrongs of assisted dying

Britain’s next great social reform is coming. Here’s how it should work

A $25trn hit

Global warming is coming for your home

Who will pay for the damage?