International
Shipping shakedown
Inside the Houthis’ moneymaking machine
After a ceasefire in Gaza, they may continue their Red Sea racket
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Marco Rubio will find China is hard to beat in Latin America
China buys lithium, copper and bull semen, and doesn’t export its ideology
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Donald Trump has a strong foreign-policy hand, but could blow it
Bullying foreigners can be sadly effective, but also a dangerous distraction
The Kevlar ceiling
Women warriors and the war on woke
Trump’s Pentagon pick wants women off the battlefield
Ageing disgracefully
Why people over the age of 55 are the new problem generation
Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement
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Why warriors should welcome laws of war
Lessons from a 17th-century thinker on preventing crimes against humanity
Air cower
Is the age of American air superiority coming to an end?
The growing effectiveness of air-defence systems could blunt the West’s most powerful weapons
Bridging the dairy divide
What has four stomachs and could change the world?
Technology is transforming cattle farming, but not fast enough
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The Art of the Deal: global edition
Donald Trump will have vast leverage over American allies, but ruthless despots may resist his dealmaking
A pope of colour
Could the next pope come from Africa or Asia?
Those are the regions where the Catholic church is growing fastest
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Will the West betray or save anti-Putin protesters in Georgia?
Democratic activists in Russia’s near-abroad pin their hopes on admission by the EU and NATO