As Germany’s defence stocks go ballistic, armsmakers are tooling up
“Defence is now by far the most dynamic sector of German industry,” says Armin Papperger, chief executive of Rheinmetall, Ger...
Asian allies fear being dumped by Trump
WHO WILL be next? As America abandons Ukraine and ignores European allies, its closest friends in Asia ask whether they too w...
Catering to protein-rich diets is a tasty business
Alongside the crisps in the snack aisle, supermarkets are now stacking shelves with roasted chickpeas, cheese bites and beef ...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:novelist or polemicist?
Dream Count. By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Knopf; 416 pages; $32. Fourth Estate; £20 Can you be a good polemicist and a good n...
DOGE shutters the government’s in-house tech consultancy
Over the next month or so, many Americans filing their tax returns have a new option. Instead of paying an accountant, or buy...
China’s leaders reveal their plan to cope with 2025
It is not often that the world’s two superpowers hold state-of-the-nation addresses back-to-back. But thanks to a quirk of sc...
Democrats are struggling to respond to Trump
EVERY DAY, President Donald Trump gives fresh reasons for Democrats to rue their election loss in 2024. The failures of Joe B...
Donald Trump deploys new tactics to manage the media
“Why don’t you wear a suit?…Do you own a suit?” The first question from the White House press pool to Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukr...
Mexico claims US gunmakers sold weapons to cartels
On March 4th, hours after Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 25% on Mexican exports to the United States, Mexico’s government st...
Lebanon’s new government must do three big things immediately
IT IS almost like starting a government from scratch. When the president of Cyprus came to visit his Lebanese counterpart in ...