A revised defence pact with Denmark and Greenland is a modest improvement, but annexation threats were a costly blunder

It is technically feasible, but American labs and the American authorities are at odds, as are America and China

Donald Trump’s disaster in Iran has come too soon for China to take full advantage

Putin, Trump and Xi control the most powerful arsenals on Earth. They should take nuclear risks more seriously

The latest global school tests reveal shocking new declines

The love of money is the root of quite a lot of good

The bleak view from Sweden, a Ukrainian ally braced for 50 years of confrontation with Russia

Will chatbots supplant the advice of imams and priests or help them spread the word?

Forget lame ducks. America’s president will defend his dominance like an ageing silverback gorilla

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?