As tensions on Israel’s northern border mount, we look at whether an all-out war with Hezbollah is possible. Plus: campus protests spread from Columbia University to Sciences Po, what China president Xi Jinping’s charm offensive in Europe might look like and the nightmare that is the restaurant-reservation economy. Plus: @andrew_mueller speaks to Peter Grk, the secretary-general of the Bled Strategic Forum and Western Balkans.
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Nato’s Ukraine predicament, unrest in New Caledonia and hiding tourist attractions
The death of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi
Lviv Media Forum, Brazil’s floods and NYCxDesign
Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law: the tools of autocracies?
Slovakia’s prime minister attacked and Putin in Beijing
Biden ramps up tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars
Ukraine on the back foot as Russia claims more villages
Taiwan’s new tourism campaign and the Eurovision Song Contest
The EU approves a €3bn plan to arm Ukraine
The UK allows Ukraine to use British weapons in Russia
Israeli forces take control of Gaza side of Rafah crossing
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Turkey cuts ties with Israel and the return of the diss track
Ukraine’s parliament reopens to journalists
Will the US grant Ukraine long-term security guarantees?
Why Western banks pay taxes in Russia
Portugal’s Carnation Revolution and the science of queuing
Ukraine’s financial future and Macron’s vision for Europe
Olaf Scholz meets Rishi Sunak and Helsinki’s AI coffee blend
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