It is risky to let Ukraine into the EU. It’s more dangerous to keep it out

Richard Cockett, a senior editor, analyses what makes good generalship—and ranks his top three 

They must contend with a fragmented market and hesitant customers

Defence firms in Ukraine make new weapons much faster and cheaper than most Western companies

The Trump administration is cosying up to a new clique of “neo-primes”

America sets too little store by foreigners’ beliefs and values. It’s a costly mistake, each time

Truces like the one in the Gulf get broken all the time. But they still work

Expensive fuel and fertiliser will lead to smaller harvests and higher prices

A sobering interview with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency

They never recovered from covid-19

A new book finds links between mass migration and democratic backsliding worldwide

The world’s biggest church is becoming less Eurocentric but more unruly