Leaders
Security alert
Hacking phones is too easy. Time to make it harder
Regulators have avoided the problem for too long
Lawfare v warfare
The war-crimes case against the leaders of Israel and Hamas is flawed
Politics and diplomacy, not courts, are the key to ending violence and starting two-state talks
The new brains trust
What India’s clout in white-collar work means for the world
In time its tech firms could be as formidable as China’s manufacturers
30 years after apartheid
How to save South Africa
The rainbow nation needs an alternative to decline under the ANC
Cash for kids
Why paying women to have more babies won’t work
Economies must adapt to baby busts instead
Decline and succession in Iran
A president’s death gives Iran’s regime a choice
It will probably choose to keep alienating voters and antagonising the West
July 4th celebration
Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news
Whether an act of political genius or lunacy, Britons should welcome it
Five more years?
Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20th
What does that mean for his country?
No news is bad news
Canada’s law to help news outlets is harming them instead
Funding journalism with cash from big tech has become a fiasco
The challenge posed by China
Xi Jinping is subtler than Vladimir Putin—yet equally disruptive
How to deal with Chinese actions that lie between war and peace
A trillion-dollar AI arms race
Big tech’s capex splurge may be irrationally exuberant
Beware of overhype and overbuild
Democracy
Is America dictator-proof?
The many vulnerabilities, and enduring strengths, of America’s republic