The growing shortage is causing panic in Ukraine and elsewhere

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   AI founders pledge to give away hundreds of billions of dollars. How will they be spent?

   Self-interested Taiwanese politicians are making the country increasingly ungovernable. China is the only winner

   Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, examines why so few of the country’s former generals succeed in politics

   The country’s future depends on events beyond its borders, as well as within them

   In a gangsterish age, the UN needs an ultra-pragmatist as secretary-general

   Jonathan Rosenthal, our international editor, takes an infantry fighting vehicle for a spin

   Entire campaigns and the fate of civilisations have turned on a siege, writes Richard Cockett, a senior editor

   Blame technology, inflation and customers’ shifting habits

   Europeans are keen on nuclear collaboration with Emmanuel Macron. What if Marine Le Pen becomes president?

   Heatwaves are making access to AC a political problem around the world

   Donald Trump may hate to hear it, but Barack Obama was right about avoiding stupid shit

   The World Cup finalists are strikingly different teams

   But a degree of protection from coercion remains possible

   America’s quest for AI dominance is scary. China is not the solution

   Some governments are lowering the age of criminal responsibility. That may backfire

   The NATO chief Mark Rutte is quite annoying. It is in a worthy cause

   German tanks are returning to a region they once razed

   Can Taiwan use its chipmaking industry to strong-arm Donald Trump?

   Some at college or university are testing no better than ten-year-olds

   Autocracies are taking over conflict mediation. The deals they are making look different

   Forget middle-power coalitions. Japan and its neighbours know that only America can deter China

   Being rich helps, but being open to immigration works best of all

   So has FIFA, the outfit that administers it

   The leaders of America, China and Russia scorn consensual politics. That is a mistake

   Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, examines why conflict exerts a strange pull

   Ideological certainties have hurt Cubans for 70 years. Time to give cynicism a chance

   Shashank Joshi looks back on eight years as defence editor

   The wrong way to beat populists who deny the existence of hard problems

   In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, more parents are teaching their children

   The country is not as isolated as its critics hope, but it is alienating some true friends

   Naval mockery of China is turning to alarm

   In the annals of rulers committing acts of folly, Roman decadence stands out

   The investment frenzy is driven by anxiety about China’s tightening grip on supply chains

   It is risky to let Ukraine into the EU. It’s more dangerous to keep it out

   Richard Cockett, a senior editor, analyses what makes good generalship and ranks his top three

   They must contend with a fragmented market and hesitant customers

   Defence firms in Ukraine make new weapons much faster and cheaper than most Western companies

   America sets too little store by foreigners’ beliefs and values. It’s a costly mistake, each time

   The Trump administration is cosying up to a new clique of neo-primes

   Truces like the one in the Gulf get broken all the time. But they still work

   Expensive fuel and fertiliser will lead to smaller harvests and higher prices

   A sobering interview with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency

   They never recovered from covid-19

   A new book finds links between mass migration and democratic backsliding worldwide

   The world’s biggest church is becoming less Eurocentric but more unruly

   Chinese elites do not agree on who may win from the war in Iran

   Iran’s conflict with Iraq in the 1980s provides valuable lessons for today, writes Richard Cockett, a senior editor

   Foreign and African firms are giving the continent reasons for hope