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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Two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Live from Warsaw
The US role in Gaza and London’s thinnest hotel
Gaza aid, forgotten crises and Haiti’s indictments
Ukraine’s way forward after Munich
World leaders react to the death of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny
US warnings over Russia’s nuclear advances and Japan’s slip into recession
Former general leads Indonesia’s presidential race and the dating app that requires a high credit score
US Senate passes Ukraine aid bill and France accuses Russia of disinformation campaign
Biden-Netanyahu relations sour and Germany fears a far-right takeover of the judiciary
Rio de Janeiro braces for Carnival
China’s consumer prices fall and Australia introduces new laws for workers
What will come out in Putin’s interview?
Antony Blinken’s Middle East tour
A leadership reset in Ukraine?
Drones strike on a US base in Jordan
EU approves funding for Ukraine and the inaugural Anzmin meeting
Joe Biden’s Jordan dilemma
Hamas considers new truce proposal
Iran distances itself from attack on US troops
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