Issue Date: January 24, 2026
The true danger posed by Donald Trump
Greenland’s meaning
The odd thing about Modi’s mojo
India
Trump’s Board of Peace is a distraction from the real work in Gaza
Stay the course
Chinese AI is a risk for Europe. So is shunning it
Europe’s DeepSeek moment
Britain’s good idea for custom genetic medicines
Trust the process
A scenario for a Conservative comeback in Britain
The opportunity in a crisis
Britain’s Chagos disposal looks like an idea out of time
Diego Garcia
What makes Britons oppose immigration?
Neighbourhood watch
On Scotland’s nationalist fringes, a new Tartan intolerance rises
Saltire of the earth
Affluenza: the new British disease
Bagehot
Donald Trump’s bullying is irritating his European populist chums
MAGA v MEGA
An awful crash blots Spain’s gleaming super-fast trains
Derailing progress
A German company is poised to send a rocket into space from Norway
From Europe into space
Ukraine’s new air-defence whiz must stop a redoubled blitz
Drones and frost
Russia’s no-show in Venezuela weakens its bad-boy image
Speaking loudly, carrying a tiny stick
Europe’s five stages of grief for the transatlantic alliance
Charlemagne
The meaning of “America First” is in flux
Realists and restrainers
Lisa Cook’s job at the Federal Reserve looks safe
Trump v the central bank
Welcome to the wild world of skijoring
Ski-haw!
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Failing the screen test
Donald Trump’s siege in Minneapolis is floundering
ICE in a cold climate
Why Minneapolis is at the centre of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
Lexington
After Iran’s massacres, tensions grow inside the regime
The cost of bloodshed
Trump’s grandiose peace plans may spell more pain for Gaza
Bored of peace
How the Kurds lost control of north-eastern Syria
An American ally is abandoned
Uganda’s opposition leader is on the run
From candidate to fugitive
African trade has been vastly underestimated
Fishy figures
The remarkable recovery of Narendra Modi
Bouncing back
Japan’s popular new prime minister gambles on a snap election
Rolling the dice
Who really won the war between India and Pakistan?
Banyan
Homegrown apps are making dating in India less awkward
Plenty of fish
Ageing farmers threaten South-East Asia’s growth
Antique planters
Why the beauty industry is booming
Looking like a trillion bucks
Chinese AI models are popular. But can they make money?
Code red
Europe can still win the other AI race
To the adopters, the spoils
Strava’s public listing will help it race ahead of competitors
On the fast track
The battle for Warner Bros is only getting fiercer
Game of loans
Signing the office birthday card
Bartleby
TikTok is still a danger. America no longer cares
Schumpeter
The ascent of India’s economy
Rising giant
Can America’s bond market keep defying the vigilantes?
Still afloat
Japan’s bond-market tremble reflects a fiscal-monetary clash
The Takaichi trade
American decay versus American dynamism
Buttonwood
China hits its GDP target—in a weird way
Surprisingly stable
National job stereotypes need updating
Moving the dole posts
An audacious new book about a “precocious” country
Free exchange
Treatment of a teenager with an ultra-rare condition is a medical milestone
Unique drugs for unique diseases
To disperse their spores, truffles rely on animals eating other animals
How truffles spread
Satellites encased in wood are in the works
Wood enters the space age
A new study highlights the brain’s role in immune health
The placebo effect
The most useful indicator of your overall health
Well informed
Are we all plagiarists now?
Copyrights and copywrongs
Valentino was a fashion designer who rose above fashion trends
Painting the world red
Who’s afraid of Tucker Carlson?
Back Story
The credits are rolling on Sundance Film Festival in Park City
The way we were
Popular music is getting sadder and angstier
Whistle an (un)happy tune
A chilling, yet plausible scenario: What if Putin wins?
War games