Donald Trump and Xi Jinping share a dangerous nostalgia

More sensible recruiting policies could help

Centrist governments across the continent rightly sense a trap

Synthetic smut will soon be flooding the internet, bringing new opportunities and perils

A selection of his most memorable articles

Donald Trump’s approach to peacemaking ignores crucial lessons from history

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser speaks to The Economist

The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it

The return of the Blackwater founder is a sign of the times

They connect rich Chinese, drug cartels and North Korean hackers—without anyone meeting

Donald Trump has no desire to play global cop. That is tough on Denmark, a loyal sheriff’s deputy

Countries are queuing to buy the tools and techniques of the CCP’s security state 

They see America’s president as a golden opportunity for China

It may have profound implications for society and what it means to be human

The territory aims to prove that a non-free society can be a global financial hub

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, talks missile protection—in Yorkshire

In a bonus edition of our defence newsletter, Richard Cockett takes us back to 1066—and the Battle of Hastings

Europe must offer Ukraine a big enough financial package to deter the Kremlin

The view from Canada, as Trumpian threats fly

China’s rulers want to show it is in their people’s interests to keep America focused on Europe, according to the EU’s foreign-policy chief