Geopolitics
War, diplomacy and great-power competition
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From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran
Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity
Helping America’s hawks get inside the head of Xi Jinping
China’s leader is a risk-taker. How far will he go in confronting America?
Brazil courts China as its Musk feud erupts again
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, spies a chance to draw Brazil closer
Donald Trump’s gas war is about to begin
It could annoy some of his most loyal supporters
Ukraine can, at last, use its Western missiles inside Russia
Joe Biden wants to send North Korea a message
Get ready for “Maximum Pressure 2.0” on Iran
The Trump White House may bomb and penalise the regime into a deal
War in Ukraine
Ukraine’s secret army in France
A new force is being marshalled to take on the Kremlin’s men
Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump’s victory
Disillusion with Joe Biden has reached deep levels
Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell
The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision
Hell, horror and heroism in Ukraine’s battlefield hospitals
The gruesome lessons its doctors are learning reveal the nature of war in the 21st century
Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield
War in the Middle East
The arrest warrant is a diplomatic disaster for Netanyahu
But may also undermine the International Criminal Court
Israel’s hardliners reckon Gaza’s chaos shows they must control it
Only 11 out of a recent convoy of 109 aid trucks managed to get in
Iraq could be the Middle East’s next battleground
Until recently violence was at its lowest since the American invasion
Quitting Qatar is the least of Hamas’s problems
Farewell to comfortable villas in Doha, hello Turkey
The Telegram
The perils of appeasing a warlike Russia
Finland’s cold-war past offers urgent lessons for Ukraine’s future
How to avoid Oval Office humiliation
A dozen officials offer tips on the dangerous art of Trump-flattery
The world faces its worst trade wars since the 1930s
Donald Trump’s re-election accelerates a crisis for globalisation
The Telegram: our new guide to a dangerous world
The old order is dying. Our geopolitics columnist will tell you what’s coming next
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By Invitation: Peacemaking in 2025
Comfort Ero offers three lessons for peacemaking in an unstable world
Global conflict is rising, but peacemaking is still vital, argues the president of International Crisis Group
Alliances in 2025
How the world lines up, from wars to whales
Each hot issue brings a new global alliance
The Americas in 2025
What Donald Trump’s return means for Latin America
The topics he cares about—immigration, trade and drugs—put the region in the crosshairs
By Invitation: United States in 2025
Sally Paine outlines how America should deal with the “quartet of chaos”
The professor of history and grand strategy at the US Naval War College says history offers valuable lessons
United States in 2025
A world in turmoil awaits Donald Trump in 2025
In his contempt for allies, the new president will probably add to the chaos
European security in 2025
If Europe wants peace, it must plan for war
But none of its major governments seems ready to face the future
Geopolitics in 2025
The gap between global threats and American power will grow in 2025
The deterrence deficit will become starkly visible in the coming year
The world in 2025
The three forces that will shape 2025
Watch the interplay between Donald Trump, technology and radical uncertainty
Business
TSMC walks a geopolitical tightrope
Taiwan’s giant chipmaker must balance demands from America, China and home
Asia
Can the Philippines keep Donald Trump on its side?
As problems escalate in the South China Sea, it may not be well placed to do so
Middle East & Africa
Iraq could be the Middle East’s next battleground
Until recently violence was at its lowest since the American invasion
Europe
Elon Musk threatens to widen the rift between Europe and America
Musk is from Mars, Europe is from Venus
Europe
The war in Ukraine has rattled both sides of Cyprus
Russians and Ukrainians have both used the island as a banking haven: not so easy now
Asia
How South-East Asia can weather the Trump trade typhoon
The complacent region could use an outside jolt
Finance & economics
The biggest losers from Trumponomics
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
