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The Middle East will be in a worse place if America rushes to attack Iran. Donald Trump should wait—for now econ.st/3I2xqwt
The country needs defence spending and nuclear power, but not more social housing econ.st/4kAUfWu
From J.D. Vance to Viktor Orban and Nigel Farage, politicians on the right see pro-natalism as a way to boost the native population over the immigrants they so dislike. But the only policies that might work are extortionately costly econ.st/3SYoAT1
Politicians could have eased the country’s cost of living with structural reforms—such as deregulating the rice market. Instead, they are reaching for handouts, fiscal consequences be damned econ.st/4n0A7ie
Apple’s expanded partnership with OpenAI is a step in the right direction, but the tech giant needs to go farther econ.st/4e01J2Z
Russia’s defence industry would be crippled without continuing Chinese help. What does China get in return? Valuable lessons, for a start econ.st/4kYjPoU
Brazil hasn’t won a World Cup in a quarter of a century. Corruption and chaotic domestic leagues are to blame econ.st/45yvaqO
There is a reason retail sales have boomed in China econ.st/4ecdZNK
The government is deploying drones in the hope of shifting the balance in the battle against gangs. Haitians are broadly welcoming the offensive despite the risks associated econ.st/40hwOtd
Since the start of the war China has appeared wary of the international censure that would come if too many of its weapons show up in Ukraine. This caution appears to have waned econ.st/3ZDYZ5r
Humans can only maintain 150 meaningful relationships, according to Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist. So how big should companies be? Listen to his interview on “Boss Class” econ.st/45rdD3N
On foreign policy, Donald Trump can change his mind and think out loud, says Steve Coll, after the quick evolution of the president’s views on whether to join Israel’s war against Iran. Our “Checks and Balance” podcast asks what that would mean for MAGA econ.st/3ZILYHL
Foreign policy struggles such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s war against Hamas have not badly strained the MAGA coalition. The war in Iran appears to be different econ.st/4ed7Rov
Do men in some places have more female friends because they are less sexist, or are they less sexist because they have more female friends? The answer may be both econ.st/3T0P1ax
Three industries underpin South Korea’s global clout: culture, technology and arms. But a business-as-usual approach will cause K-power to not only peak, but begin to decline rapidly, one analyst warns econ.st/3HOfbuI
Often the cashew nuts munched by Americans or Europeans have travelled more than 20,000km. Ivory Coast wants to shorten that journey econ.st/43EKII6
Henry Kissinger got Richard Nixon to China, but Zbigniew Brzezinski got Jimmy Carter to Poland. It was part of a brilliant, sustained campaign that led to the peaceful dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union econ.st/44mKMfM
A head-in-the-sand approach to investing is a more sophisticated strategy than it first appears econ.st/4kOgmZE
At the industry’s annual event in Cannes, executives have been feeling the heat econ.st/40hvtTd
Democratic voters clearly want their rudderless party to resist Donald Trump. One answer would be to provide a credible alternative of strong government in the places they do control econ.st/43Q3exg Photo: Getty Images
In a highly centralised country, places that have learned to make loud, collective demands of the government are faring better. The Midlands is not one of them econ.st/4l6UB7k
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