Feature: What’s online gambling doing to American society? Gerda Reith on the new “ecosystem” tech, finance, and marketing firms are cultivating together. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: What’s happening inside Iran? + Why now? Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Why is Los Angeles’s entertainment industry in such crisis? Andrew deWaard on the shape-shifting effects of financialization and monopoly. Read on. Link in comments.

Why are so many companies moving to America from Europe? Philippe Aghion on the Continent’s failure to build a competitive innovation ecosystem. Read on. Link in comments.

What happened to the Chinese dream? Yi-Ling Liu on declining opportunities, increasing malaise, and a waning of ambition in the People’s Republic. Read on. Link in comments.

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What’s happening inside Iran? Why now? + What is phonk? Read on. Link in comments.

What’s happening inside Iran. Why now. + What is phonk? Read on. Link in comments.

What does financial repression in autocracies have to do with financial freedom in democracies? Justin Callais on human flourishing in the modern world. Read on. Link in comments.

Why are studios releasing so few original new films? Andrew deWaard on how movie franchises have conquered Hollywood. Read on. Link in comments.

Why are China and Russia dominating nuclear energy? Ashley Finan on its emerging role in shaping global power. Read on. Link in comments.

Our weekend edition—open to everyone this week. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: Courts, Congress, and the streets test their power in America. Centuries underground in the Belizean jungle. + What are cantigas? Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Why is Los Angeles’s entertainment industry in such crisis? Andrew deWaard on the shape-shifting effects of financialization and monopoly. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: America’s highest court kills the president’s signature tariffs. Artemis II’s crew readies for the first Moon mission in half a century. + What’s free jazz doing on a major record label? Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Why does American civil society look so fragile? Dylan Riley on why so many nonprofits and universities have been folding under pressure from the U.S. administration. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Why are so many countries rethinking their nuclear strategies? Serhii Plokhy on the emerging dangers of a new arms race. Read on. Link in comments.

Why are millions more Americans turning to talk therapy—and sticking with it? Carlos Blanco on the decline of a stigma, a shift in health coverage, and the individualization of treatment. Read on. Link in comments.

Around the world, some cities and regions are getting wealthier; others are increasingly left behind. Why? Sir Paul Collier on hyper-centralization and the economic origins of the populist blame game. Read on. Link in comments.

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Feature: Who’s got the best AI? Selina Xu on America’s intelligence explosion—and China’s “dark factories.” Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: America’s highest court kills the president’s signature tariffs. Artemis II’s crew readies for the first Moon mission in half a century. + What’s free jazz doing on a major record label? Read on. Link in comments.

What’s driving political attacks against central banks around the world? Stefan Eich on an emerging legitimacy crisis. Read on. Link in comments.

Where’s all the money coming into American think tanks from? Ben Freeman on the enormous foreign-government “donations” flowing through Washington, D.C. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: As America pulls back from global development, is China taking over? Pritish Behuria on what doesn’t change when the lender does. Read on. Link in comments.

Our weekend edition—open to everyone this week. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: America’s highest court kills the president’s signature tariffs. Artemis II’s crew readies for the first Moon mission in half a century. + What’s free jazz doing on a major record label? Read on. Link in comments.

Briefing: The logic of Mexico’s surprise killing of the head of its most powerful cartel. The distance between the American president and the Pentagon on war with Iran. + Why are so many countries rethinking their nuclear strategies? Read on. Link in comments.

Why are so many countries rethinking their nuclear strategies? Serhii Plokhy on the emerging dangers of a new arms race. Read on. Link in comments.

What do the new U.S. tariffs mean for global trade? Martin Wolf on a rapid onset of radical uncertainty. Read on. Link in comments.

Why does North Korea keep threatening South Korea and its allies without ever going to war? Michael Breen on theater and reality in one of the most enigmatic places on Earth. Read on. Link in comments.

What is international law, anyway? Yuan Yi Zhu on how democratic countries are responding to expansive rulings by international courts. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: How did the open web go into such “rapid decline”? Michael Socolow on why search engines have gotten worse, old links no longer work, and the internet is increasingly siloed. Read on. Link in comments.

How is political upheaval in South Korea affecting North Korea? Soo Kim on what’s driving Pyongyang’s increasing hostility toward Seoul. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: America’s highest court kills the president’s signature tariffs. Artemis II’s crew readies for the first Moon mission in half a century. + What’s free jazz doing on a major record label? Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Is anyone winning the U.S.-China trade war? Kyle Chan on the economic showdown between Washington and Beijing. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Why is betting everywhere now? Gerda Reith on how it became so mixed up in sports—and then everything else. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: What’s online gambling doing to American society? Gerda Reith on the new “ecosystem” tech, finance, and marketing firms are cultivating together. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Why is Silicon Valley fighting with the EU? Anu Bradford on how American tech companies are enlisting the White House against European regulation. Read on. Link in comments.

Our weekend edition—open to everyone this week. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: America’s highest court kills the president’s signature tariffs. Artemis II’s crew readies for the first Moon mission in half a century. + What’s free jazz doing on a major record label? Read on. Link in comments.

What is financial repression? Félix Maradiaga on how autocratic regimes are using the global banking system, international law, and new technologies in an old struggle to suppress dissent and hold power. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: Can Europe defend its northern border? Paul Taylor on the Nordic bulwark against Russia. Read on. Link in comments.

What’s behind the growing skepticism about AI? Daron Acemoglu on excesses of enthusiasm, returns on investment, and the distinctive nature of human reasoning. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: America’s highest court kills the president’s signature tariffs. Artemis II’s crew readies for the first Moon mission in half a century. + What’s free jazz doing on a major record label? Read on. Link in comments.

Why are younger men increasingly voting for the populist right and younger women, the environmental left? Rosie Campbell on a new gender divide in the Western world. Read on. Link in comments.

Feature: What’s online gambling doing to American society? Gerda Reith on the new “ecosystem” tech, finance, and marketing firms are cultivating together. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: Courts, Congress, and the streets test their power in America. Centuries underground in the Belizean jungle. + What are cantigas? Read on. Link in comments.

Where have all the workers gone? Matthew Notowidigdo on the transformation of the global labor market. Read on. Link in comments.

The weekend despatch: The Epstein files, read cold. The Pope’s reflections on sports. + What’s Anatolian folk-rock? Read on. Link in comments.