Homs’s troubles show the challenges facing Syria’s leaders
The city of Homs in central Syria has long held a unique position in the Syrian psyche. Home to a mix of ethnic groups, it be...
How India became an unexpected role model for Europe
Feeling a bit glum and in need of a reboot, plenty of middle-aged Europeans opt for a retreat in India, seeking the reinvigor...
How did the Catholic church go so wrong?
Jesus Wept. By Philip Shenon. Knopf; 608 pages; $35 and £30 The moment when Pope Pius XII’s nose fell off was awkward, both b...
Can Friedrich Merz save Germany—and Europe?
GERMANY IS THE hole at the heart of Europe. It accounts for a quarter of the European Union’s output but it has been in reces...
Instead of luxury condos, Gaza faces a resumption of war
For nearly a month both Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls Gaza, have largely honoured the cea...
Is France’s Le Chat in fact a cat?
One pressing question at the artificial-intelligence (AI) summit in Paris this week was this: is Mistral AI’s assistant a cat...
Is Sir Keir Starmer a chump?
Sir Keir Starmer KC is among the most successful British politicians of the past half-century. In just four years, Sir Keir t...
Israel mounts an attack on Palestinian intellectual life
On a busy thoroughfare in East Jerusalem, the predominantly Palestinian part of the city, sits a literary oasis. The Educatio...
Most Latin American migrants no longer go to the United States
Esther Hernández fled Venezuela to Colombia in 2017 with her husband, three daughters and a sewing machine. Her voice cracks ...
New Zealand and the Cook Islands fall out over China
IN THE strategic contest under way in the Pacific, a familiar pattern has emerged. China signs an agreement with an island na...