Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms
A tech industry veteran, Mike McCue sees an opening for a different kind of internet where algorithms don’t call the shots. M...
Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions
Another day, another shootout. On February 26th security forces in Latakia, Syria’s biggest port, killed four people includin...
Syria’s economy, still strangled by sanctions, is on its knees
IN A SNAKING line to use some cashpoint machines in central Damascus, patience has worn thin. Two men who have been queuing f...
Lifting sanctions on Syria seems mad, until you consider the alternative
A decade ago Ahmed al-Sharaa was masterminding suicide-bombings as the second-in-command of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria. Th...
The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze
IN AMERICA FOREIGN policy works on a simple formula: with Donald Trump in the White House, dependence leads to maltreatment. ...
Can Friedrich Merz get Europe out of its funk?
The man now all but certain to become Germany’s next chancellor may not be anybody’s first choice to share a krug of Oktoberf...
A fantastic start for Friedrich Merz
FOR YEARS Germany’s aversion to debt has been a millstone, leading to crippling underinvestment in defence and infrastructure...
Catch up:Europe’s new era of defence; Trump’s “last warning” to Hamas
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked European leaders for “staying” with his country as they gathered for a defen...
America's carmakers win a tariff reprieve, but still face a tricky dilemma
Editor’s note: On March 5th Donald Trump said he would exempt the big three American carmakers—Ford, General Motors and Stell...
Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID will hurt Asia, too
Even before Donald Trump’s administration slashed USAID, foreign aid was becoming less important in Asia. Thanks to economic ...