International
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Star wars: a new hope
Can Donald Trump’s Iron Dome plan keep America safe?
In a dangerous world, cutting-edge missile defence is all the rage
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Tipping the balance
Why the war on childhood obesity is failing
Sugar taxes and obesity drugs will not be enough
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A golden opportunity
Paris could change how cities host the Olympics for good
The games will test the success of new solutions to old bugbears
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The Geneva Conventions at 75
Could America fight its enemies without breaking the law?
The speed and intensity of prospective conflicts could test the laws of war
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Cable ties
How China and Russia could hobble the internet
The undersea cables that connect the world are becoming military targets
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Fickle friends
Trump and other populists will haunt NATO’s 75th birthday party
Threats to Western alliances lie both within and without the club
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Extreme temperatures
The rise of the truly cruel summer
Deadly heat is increasingly the norm, not an exception to it
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Attending university abroad
Brainy Indians are piling into Western universities
Will rich countries welcome them the way they did Chinese students?
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Ghosts in the machines
The new front in China’s cyber campaign against America
Big powers are preparing for wartime sabotage
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Control yourself!
Is your rent ever going to fall?
Too often politicians tout awful solutions for helping tenants
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An interview with Rafael Grossi
Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice
The world’s atomic watchdog fears a terrifying regional arms race
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From grey zone to red zone
Taiwan’s new president faces an upsurge in Chinese coercion
But China’s bullying of Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines risks an explosion