International

New arrivals, old problems

Why migration is in such a mess once more

Violence and poverty are pushing the desperate towards jobs and safety

Social media are not real life

Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest

In properly weighted opinion polls, support for the Palestinians is much less marked

Views of the Middle East

The culture war over the Gaza war

The conflict is raging on streets and screens in the West

From defence to offence

The three steps on America’s ladder of military escalation

Could America be dragged back into another Middle East war?

Fighting Hamas

Israel needs to resist irrational retaliation

The lessons from past wars on terror

It’s not easy being green

The global backlash against climate policies has begun

Cost, convenience and conspiracy-mongering undercut support for greenery

Afropopulism approaches

Africa’s coups are part of a far bigger crisis

Democracy is under threat from graft, stagnation and violence

Assassin’s creed

States are becoming more brazen about killing foes abroad

Some countries are finding new justifications for political murders

Young guns

Meet the world’s new arms dealers

Where to buy drones, fighters and tanks on the cheap

Counsels of war

Are Ukraine’s tactics working?

Slow progress on the battlefield prompts quarrels over strategy

The new zing in zoning

The growing global movement to restrain house prices

From America to New Zealand YIMBYs push market-led solutions

Oppenheimer’s nightmares

A new nuclear arms race looms

It will be harder to stop than the contest of the cold war