Briefing
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Invincible city
Brexit? Hah! Lockdowns? Shrug! Can nothing stop London?
It has been bouncing back for 2,000 years and counting
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Solution or delusion?
Despite the war in Gaza, talk of a two-state solution persists
For there to be any hope, both Israelis and Palestinians need new leaders
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For the fatherland
How Putin is reshaping Russia to keep his war-machine running
He is creating a class of wealthy bureaucrats, who are the war’s biggest supporters
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Port in a storm
The messier the world gets, the more the UAE seems to thrive
For a tiny country, it has outsize influence
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AI did it my way
Now AI can write, sing and act, is it still possible to be a star?
The deal that ended the Hollywood actors’ strike reflects a fear of the technology
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Higher for longer
Markets think interest rates could stay high for a decade or more
The economic consequences could be grim
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Dread and disagreement
Why Israel’s invasion of Gaza has been delayed
Bibi and his generals are divided
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Bibi and the IDF
Israel’s prime minister and its army are damagingly divided
Netanyahu and the generals disagree about how to fight Hamas
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Biden’s bandwidth
The overstretched superpower
America could face wars in the Middle East, Ukraine and Taiwan
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The scavenger power
Iran’s ayatollahs play the Middle East’s most dangerous game
They want to escalate without triggering full-blown war
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The day after
Can the Palestinian Authority control Gaza if Hamas is ousted?
It may be lucky to keep control of the West Bank by the end of this war
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Escalation in the Middle East
Why Saudi Arabia and the UAE want to keep links with Israel
Are the Abraham accords over?