Leaders

Diminishing returns

Too many master’s courses are expensive and flaky

Governments should help postgraduates get a better deal

Danger and deals in the Middle East

From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran

Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity

On another planet

Elon Musk is Donald Trump’s disrupter-in-chief

The entrepreneur will be let loose on America’s government

It’s time

Why British MPs should vote for assisted dying

A long-awaited liberal reform is in jeopardy

Act now, Mr Merz

Germany cannot afford to wait to relax its debt brake

It should move before the election

Not too early to say

China should not wait to stimulate its economy

It is heading into a trade war

The long haul

Everything about climate change may seem grim. It isn’t

The fight for a stable climate will be fought using technology

America and the world

What’s about to hit the world economy?

Trumponomics tees off

The loyalty test

Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be attorney-general is an ill omen

It shows how far Donald Trump is willing to go to dominate the machinery of government

America’s lame-duck period

How to avoid global chaos in the next ten weeks

Risks abound in the limbo between now and Donald Trump’s swearing-in

Caretaker, take care

After the revolution, Bangladesh is stable. For the moment

Muhammad Yunus, the interim leader, needs to set a date for elections

Out in the open

Why open-source AI models are good for the world

Their critics dwell on the dangers and underestimate the benefits