Leaders

Out of juice

Lessons from the failure of Northvolt

Governments blew billions on a battery champion. Time to welcome foreign investors instead

The least bad deal for Ukraine

How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin

The key is robust security guarantees for Ukrainians

Lessons from a surprising experiment

Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite”

Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better

Shots fired

Tariff threats will do harm, even if Donald Trump does not impose them

The risk of a trade war is uncomfortably high

Ceasefire at last

Peace in Lebanon is just a start

Donald Trump must build on Joe Biden’s belated success

Diminishing returns

Too many master’s courses are expensive and flaky

Governments should help postgraduates get a better deal

Danger and deals in the Middle East

From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran

Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity

On another planet

Elon Musk is Donald Trump’s disrupter-in-chief

The entrepreneur will be let loose on America’s government

It’s time

Why British MPs should vote for assisted dying

A long-awaited liberal reform is in jeopardy

Act now, Mr Merz

Germany cannot afford to wait to relax its debt brake

It should move before the election

Not too early to say

China should not wait to stimulate its economy

It is heading into a trade war

The long haul

Everything about climate change may seem grim. It isn’t

The fight for a stable climate will be fought using technology