International
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It’s not easy being green
The global backlash against climate policies has begun
Cost, convenience and conspiracy-mongering undercut support for greenery
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Afropopulism approaches
Africa’s coups are part of a far bigger crisis
Democracy is under threat from graft, stagnation and violence
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Assassin’s creed
States are becoming more brazen about killing foes abroad
Some countries are finding new justifications for political murders
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Counsels of war
Are Ukraine’s tactics working?
Slow progress on the battlefield prompts quarrels over strategy
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The new zing in zoning
The growing global movement to restrain house prices
From America to New Zealand YIMBYs push market-led solutions
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Oppenheimer’s nightmares
A new nuclear arms race looms
It will be harder to stop than the contest of the cold war
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America and the Middle East
Reassessing Obama’s biggest mistake
How much was his red line in Syria to blame for America’s lost credibility?
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Is a bigger party a better one?
The BRICS bloc is riven with tensions
China’s plan to expand the club reveals the contradictions at its core
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Shock trauma
What Ukraine’s bloody battlefield is teaching medics
Western armies have not dealt with mass casualties since the 1950s
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Thinking for themselves
Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world’s
People’s principles were expected to align as countries got richer. What happened?