The 15-70-15 rule and other ways to prise powerful fingers from the public coffers

Its experts cannot decide whether the second Trump presidency is a threat or an opportunity

The effects are often unexpected

In a fracturing world, trade and co-operation will come first

His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen

A revealing new history of the cold-war crisis that inspired modern refugee law

The shutdown of VOA, RFE/RL and other broadcasters weakens America and supporters of democracy

Will America’s president damage the world’s most powerful intelligence pact?

Only with something inferior to Elon Musk’s offering

Foreign-policy realists will struggle to explain America’s sharp turn

Poland wants co-operation with France on a nuclear deterrent. That could take many forms

The alliance has three to four years to adopt AI and new tech

How criminal innovators are mastering synthetic drugs, AI, the dark web and drones

Donald Trump’s resentful, show-me-the-money approach to statecraft is catching on

No, Donald Trump’s Putin-wooing is not like Nixon going to China

An independent army, air force and nuclear bomb would come at a high price

The country has long relied on America for security and China for its prosperity. Those two pillars are wobbling

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