The Trump doctrine: America’s new foreign policy
The world this week
Leaders
American foreign policy
Donald Trump will upend 80 years of American foreign policy
A superpower’s approach to the world is about to be turned on its head
City of ashes
Much of the damage from the LA fires could have been averted
The lesson of the tragedy is that better incentives will keep people safe
Outrun the vigilantes
Rising bond yields should spur governments to go for growth
The bond sell-off may partly reflect America’s productivity boom
Your money or your life
Houthi Inc: the pirates who weaponised globalisation
Their Red Sea protection racket is a disturbing glimpse into an anarchic world
Moving the needle
How to improve clinical trials
Involving more participants can lead to new medical insights
Letters
On Greenland and Canada, flooded homes, problematic oldies, the axolotl
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
The second Trump presidency
Trumpism is becoming more pragmatic, argues Reihan Salam
Briefing
Courtiers with ideas
The right in Congress and the courts will reshape Donald Trump’s agenda
As dominant as the new president is, there is still life in Washington’s institutions
Europe
Rightwards and upwards
How the AfD got its swagger back
The new French government
France’s new prime minister is trying to court the left
Il Duce’s message
A TV dramatisation of Mussolini’s life inflames Italy
Brigade betrayed
A French-sponsored Ukrainian army brigade has been badly botched
Britain
Cultural revolution
David Lammy’s plan to shake up Britain’s Foreign Office
The national character
Britain is becoming a well-mannered but deceitful society
Local government reform
A plan to reorganise local government in England runs into opposition
Boats and bureaucracy
Has the Royal Navy become too timid?
Bagehot
Labour’s credibility trap
Middle East & Africa
A ceasefire in Gaza at last
After 15 months of hell, Israel and Hamas sign a ceasefire deal
The Arabs, Iran and Israel
First, the ceasefire. Next the Trump effect could upend the Middle East
A new leader under pressure
Violent jihadists are getting frustrated by the new Syria
Spirits of resistance
West African booze is becoming a luxury product
Heading for a break-up
A hidden refuge in Sudan that the internet, banks—and war—can’t reach
United States
The fires–and next time
How will calamity change Los Angeles?
The mightiest bureaucracy on Earth
How hard is it to run the Pentagon?
Damascene excursion
Tulsi Gabbard, Sean Penn and the hunt for an American hostage
Seeing red, feeling blue
How flush Americans feel depends on their views of Donald Trump
The Americas
The Trump doctrine
From Greenland to Panama and Mexico, leaders are in shock
Choosing your moment
Canada has adopted assisted dying faster than anywhere on Earth
Asia
Old friends, new plans
India’s Faustian pact with Russia is strengthening
China
The Voldemort of economic plans
An initiative so feared that China has stopped saying its name
Closing time at the bar
Why foreign law firms are leaving China
Black jails and angry wails
An outrage that even China’s supine media has called out
International
Shipping shakedown
Inside the Houthis’ moneymaking machine
Business
From oil to AI
Can the Gulf states become tech superpowers?
Finance & economics
Yield to pressure
Why global bond markets are convulsing
It’s all about bucks
Will Donald Trump unleash Wall Street?
Mullahs cornered
Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault
Up in smoke
Are big cities overrated?
Science & technology
Down’s and Alzheimer’s
Volunteers with Down’s syndrome could help find Alzheimer’s drugs
Dancing with death
A better understanding of Huntington’s disease brings hope
Fat and health
Is obesity a disease?
Well informed
Should you start lifting weights?
Culture
Who gets the last laugh?
Greg Gutfeld, America’s most popular late-night host, rules the airwaves
The Economist Reads
Want to spend time with a different American president?
Many happy returns?
What firms are for
World in a dish
Why matcha, made from green tea, is the drink of the moment
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Through the tunnel to the light