While the polls show significant majorities regretting Brexit and even in favour of ‘closer ties’ with the EU, there’s no appetite for the consequences of rejoining

The harsh climate of Greenland as well as a lack of infrastructure have foiled all previous attempts to extract rare earth minerals, as well as oil and gas

Lasting peace depends not on how quickly an agreement is concluded, but on whether it gives the aggressor incentives to end the war than to resume it after a brief pause

Public investment is not a cost to be minimized, but a lever on which private investment and growth depend

The previous reluctance to examine suspected Kremlin skulduggery surrounding Brexit looks either positively naive or deliberately obtuse

The future of European democracy will not be decided solely by the question of who may enter Europe. It will be decided by a harder one: who may become European

The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and norms to transfer papal power if a pope dies or resigns. But none of them apply when he is sick or even unconscious

Johnson’s government decided in 2020 that an assessment of Russian influence on the referendum was not required, although it did not even ask for evidence

Even if it does not damage Le Pen’s chances, the Bardella affair makes him highly unlikely to be chosen as prime minister

An audacious measure on California’s ballot next month has the potential to reshape immediate futures of two Democratic presidential candidates

If the violence continues, responsibility for the performance of the provincial police and civil administration will rest with the authorities installed by Islamabad

Advanced technology can extend detection capabilities, but cannot overcome the geographical and physical constraints that govern surveillance

Chinese automakers increasingly focus on exports to drive growth amid sluggish domestic sales

Without improved productivity, European economies and democracies will remain at risk. But, neither the US nor China offers a relevant or attractive model for Europe

Elections would give Abbas’s leadership or his successors a new mandate, but not the right to take over Gaza, because that will be decided by others

Rent controls transfer wealth from future tenants to current ones and finance that transfer by destroying supply

Cuba’s Health Ministry lists 603 medicines in its basic drug program, but only slightly more than one-third are currently available

The World Bank can prevent some countries from falling into a serious financial crisis, but some of the money will come at the expense of investments

Recent events demonstrate that NATO can defend its airspace. But real deterrence would alleviate the need to shoot down drones in the first place

The longer the outages last, the more grounds the state will have to dictate how private companies must protect their centres and to check that they are doing so

Abu Dhabi is building a model in which AI infrastructure, government services, workforce development, research, and enterprise adoption reinforce one another

India would pay for today’s expensive oil twice: once at the pump and in interest, and a second time through the budget

The postponement leaves Palestinian leaders unchallenged and threatens to erode the Palestinian Authority’s credibility among ordinary Palestinians and donor countries

Governments around the world pay for chip factories and assembly plants, while the largest profits go to the owners of the technology

Marine Le Pen could represent a new pairing of nationalism with neoliberalism, an association that has become increasingly popular around the world

The combined threat of biological, nuclear, and potential AI weapons systems is a triple threat that should worry both our allies and our adversaries

In times of crisis, other banks often refuse to lend, so pre-arranged public financing can enable the business to continue while recovery is under way

Navi Pillay's win is to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to Trump and Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of the U.N. commission she led on Gaza

Spirit’s bankruptcy is the first case in which the cost of an archive, the way people’s data are removed and the limits on its subsequent use can be examined in court

Rather than try to salvage industries where it no longer has a relative advantage, Europe should focus on the specialized sectors where it increasingly does

Even if Benjamin Netanyahu loses in this month’s elections, Israel’s strategy towards Lebanon is unlikely to change

The new law is widely viewed as an attempt to strengthen Italy’s political system while improving the electoral prospects of the center-right coalition led by Meloni

Malaysia is asking the generals to take back refugees, and the United States is seeking help to tackle internet fraud and gain access to rare metal deposits

While the control systems of solar and wind power plants remain connected to the internet, Russian services can switch them off remotely

Previously the most powerful, unpredictable force on the international stage, Trump has now passed the peak of his ability to disrupt the international order

From AI regulation to the rise of the new fascism to the climate crisis – we’re all constantly behind the curve and letting opportunities for mitigation slip away

Since the suspicious death of the lab worker, Russian authorities have kept a tight lid on information about it. The incident has been surrounded by secrecy

When the first Turkish or Pakistani soldier is killed by a Houthi missile, the governments in Ankara and Islamabad will come under pressure to strike back at Yemen

The expulsion of 27 Israeli diplomats would be justified but it doesn't answer the question of where Britain will take its relations with the Palestinians after 8 October

The current stalemate should be viewed not as a pause between rounds of negotiation, but rather as part of a deliberate Indian strategy of disengagement

Pro-Europeans will limit their current ambitions to reinforcing ties, focusing on the single market and customs union, that fall short of a renewed membership bid

Lula da Silva once had a credible claim to be the savior of the country’s left. After the October 4 general election, he looks more like the left’s gravedigger

Skydance Corp. emerges from one of the biggest tie-ups ever in the media and entertainment industry

While public diplomacy keeps the door open for the bombers to return, private communications indicate that trust has been significantly undermined

Trump has pledged to visit 35 or even 40 battlegrounds, but it’s unclear if that means he will venture into tight races where his presence could be a liability

Ukraine’s partners are shifting from short-term deliveries to deeper integration of defence production, air defence, financing and long-term military cooperation

Putting the political and legal question of Russia's membership on the agenda is crucial for upholding the UN’s core mission

The coalition has secured air protection of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait and destroyed hundreds of Houthi targets as part of the ongoing campaign

Russian strikes in recent months are increasingly hitting factories and ports – the parts of the Ukrainian economy whose taxes and exports finance the war

If chips depreciate faster than debtors have modelled, credit losses will be borne by the debt markets that funded the build-out, driving up the cost of capital