How Donald Trump’s about-turn in Europe will affect Asia

Europe has been left scrambling after an attack on the partnership that kept the peace for nearly 80 years

Seventy countries have recently backed “all Chinese efforts” to take the island

China is weaponising its supply chains, but risks blowback if it goes too far

If Trump convinces partners that the post-1945 order really is dead, things will get ugly

Yet it is facing a growing backlash from religious conservatives and some feminists

Washington hawks puzzle over calls for China to help in Ukraine, and hints of a possible TikTok reprieve

The economics make sense, but the geopolitics are nerve-racking

But sceptics are wrong to call America First business as usual

After a ceasefire in Gaza, they may continue their Red Sea racket

China buys lithium, copper and bull semen, and doesn’t export its ideology

Bullying foreigners can be sadly effective, but also a dangerous distraction

Trump’s Pentagon pick wants women off the battlefield

Youthful excess continues to decline

Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement

Geopolitics terms, from “Abraham accords” to “zero-sum game”, explained in plain English

Modern warfare, from “ambush” to “zapad”, explained to you in plain English

Lessons from a 17th-century thinker on preventing crimes against humanity

The growing effectiveness of air-defence systems could blunt the West’s most powerful weapons

Technology is transforming cattle farming, but not fast enough