Xi Jinping’s bet that dramatic escalation is the way to win a trade war

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

Years of expeditionary operations leave it vulnerable if America abandons the continent

We are witnessing a turning point in migration, writes Adam Roberts, our digital editor

It is time to relearn the cold-war arts of escalation management

NATO navies struggle to contain a new danger on the seas

In a bonus edition of our defence newsletter, Richard Cockett examines an icon from the battlefield

Europe’s big, invisible wall is slowing boat crossings by migrants

A new premium video experience from The Economist, coming on October 9th

Donald Trump is failing to stop China’s rise as a manufacturing superpower

The president’s neo-imperial worldview has something to do with it, according to Shashank Joshi, our defence editor

Going rogue, decay or Trumpification 

Why the West is finding it so hard to deter China and Russia

Drones ride into the danger zone

For Spain’s leader, Pedro Sánchez, opposing Trump is a lonely endeavour

Israel gains diplomatic insurance by supplying weapons crucial to Europe’s defence

China offers the world a values-free, results-based vision of AI governance

A ferocious global arms race is big business

“Marxist lunacy” is out. But unbiased chatbots may be impossible

Dark lessons from history that explain Vladimir Putin’s “peacemaking”