Donald Trump’s re-election accelerates a crisis for globalisation

From Ukraine to Israel there is a frantic scramble to flatter and sway Donald Trump

A new poll of 30,000 people worldwide has some surprising results

The BIS ditches a new payments platform the Kremlin wants to mimic

The old order is dying. Our geopolitics columnist will tell you what’s coming next

If you thought its freezing icescapes would escape a world on fire, think again

He hopes this week’s BRICS summit will spark a sanctions-busting big bang

Russia is enacting a revolutionary plan of sabotage, arson and assassination

Half the world has had elections so far this year

The rulers of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia are growing worryingly close

Russia and China are riding a surge of support for the Palestinians since the Gaza war started

As players vomit and boil, even John McEnroe reckons “it is not humane”

And why governments want to wrest back control

Polarisation makes it harder to adapt to climate change

A booming middle class, budget flights and Bollywood

In a dangerous world, cutting-edge missile defence is all the rage

Sugar taxes and obesity drugs will not be enough

The games will test the success of new solutions to old bugbears

The speed and intensity of prospective conflicts could test the laws of war

The undersea cables that connect the world are becoming military targets