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An age of coercion

Feature: The post-Cold War economic order is crumbling—what’s taking its place? Nicholas Mulder on the forces behind the “phase shift” in the world economy. Read on. Link in comments.

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What’s missing

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

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Theaters of war

The weekend despatch: The many faces of Operation Epic Fury. An Oscar-nominated screenwriter under bombardment picks up the phone. + What does it mean when the beat answers back? Read on. Link in comments.

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Copper rush

Feature: Why is there so much of it—and yet not enough to go around? Adam Simon on the “huge stakes” of global competition for the metal. Read on. Link in comments.

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Tale of two economies

Why is Europe falling so far behind the U.S.? Martin Wolf on diverging histories of investment, innovation, and confidence. Read on. Link in comments.

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‘Dependencies have become liabilities’

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.

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The specter of Detroit

Feature: Can Europe save its auto industry? Sander Tordoir on how Chinese competition, American tariffs, and self-inflicted injury have put Europe’s carmakers on the brink. Read on. Link in comments.

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‘Profiting from incuriosity’

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.

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The check arrives

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.

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Smoke in the streets

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

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Broad daylight

How common is the corruption of public officials in the U.S.? Ben Freeman on what America’s “authoritarian friends” from the Persian Gulf are doing in Washington, D.C. Read on. Link in comments.

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Empress of luck

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.

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‘Quiet death’

Briefing: The U.S. Navy’s sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. The U.S. Senate’s vote to keep the war going. + Why is there so much copper—and yet not enough to go around? Read on. Link in comments.

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Terminators

What are the risks of “killer robots” to civilians? Lucy Suchman on the automation of modern warfare. Read on. Link in comments.