America and China are pushing it to the brink of financial collapse

America will lose an economic-pain war

It will galvanise international co-operation over writing rules for the ocean bed

The once-banned weapons are making a comeback to deter Russia

Russia’s European neighbours hate landmines. They are installing them anyway

The number of strikes against jihadists is rising. Is it 2001 all over again?

A conclave of 135 cardinals may pick someone very different from Francis

Even if the world needs to become much better at managing their waste

For all its strength and swagger, China is struggling to handle an impulsive America

Will they become redundant as the technology develops?

Trade wars are alarming, but so are might-makes-right deals

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