Briefing
Briefing
Why can’t stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million?
Their huge endowments are not easy to cash in
Briefing
Donald Trump is battling America’s elite universities—and winning
The Ivy League sees little point in fighting the federal government in court
Briefing
An unrestrained Israel is reshaping the Middle East
Its quest for hegemony will strain domestic cohesion and foreign alliances
Briefing
Dreams of improving the human race are no longer science fiction
But the “enhancement” industry is still hobbled by out-of-date regulation
Briefing
If it comes to a stand-off, Europe has leverage over America
But pulling some of those levers would be so damaging as to make them unusable
Briefing
Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions
Its new rulers seem torn between reassuring minorities and appeasing their jihadist base
Briefing
Syria’s economy, still strangled by sanctions, is on its knees
It will not improve until they are lifted
Briefing
The transactional world Donald Trump seeks would harm not help America
Ukraine, Gaza and China will all test his self-interested approach to diplomacy
Briefing
Donald Trump is a reckless president, but not yet a lawless one
He has yet to flatly defy a court order, which would initiate a constitutional crisis
Briefing
America’s military supremacy is in jeopardy
To win future wars it needs new weapons, new suppliers and a new system of procurement
