Foreign and security policy | Marcus Schneider The new Middle East quartet Together, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Egypt are offering an opportunity for stability in the region. We should seize it
Interviews‘The biggest mistake was not believing China’ Marina Rudyak on why understanding China begins with questioning our own assumptions
Economy and ecologyThe answer is green not guns The Hormuz crisis triggered global shock. Australia’s response is not the military protection of trade routes but an accelerated energy transition By Jörg Schmilewski
Democracy and societyThe useful enemy South Africa does not face an ‘immigration crisis’ — but a political system that depends on creating one By Khanya Burns-Ncamashe
Work and digitalisationBrAIve new world Artificial intelligence could unlock enormous wealth. The key question is whether it will be shared widely or remain concentrated in a few hands By Philipp Mattheis
Democracy and societyTo tackle lines and borders The World Cup shows that when integration and national pride go hand in hand, the outcome is a winning combination By Daron Acemoglu
Economy and ecologyCuba’s last hand This game of poker is ultimately about one thing — who dictates the terms for the country’s transformation By Sandra Weiss
Future of social democracyThe mistakes that sealed Keir Starmer’s fate Britain is set to get its seventh prime minister in a decade. Starmer’s technocratic politics proved ill-suited to an age of populist impatience By Rohan McWilliam
‘The world suddenly feels much closer’ Foreign affairs analyst Anna Fifield on New Zealand’s search for stability in a world defined by US–China competition and regional uncertainty
How women should behave The more important difference between Democrats and Republicans isn’t whether they are men or women, but their attitudes about gender
An unexpected Trump-shock in Dutch politics A political earthquake has occurred in the Netherlands: distrust and social unease have brought about the win of a notorious populist