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The fog of war
David Enoch argues that much of the public discourse on the Israel-Hamas conflict is depressingly simplistic
Intellectuals should be more honest about the uncertainties, says the legal philosopher
Trade and democracy
Mathias Döpfner argues that the global trading system needs a shake-up
Free trade and freedom should be linked, says the businessman and author
British constitutional arrangements
The United Kingdom’s political constitution is under severe strain
Relieving it requires stronger checks on power, say Jess Sargeant and Hannah White
British constitutional arrangements
Think twice before shaking up the House of Lords, says its speaker
Lord McFall of Alcluith makes the case for incremental change
British constitutional arrangements
Ed Balls and Dan Turner on the long shadow cast by political centralisation
Reversing it will help reduce regional economic inequality, say the former minister and policy adviser
China’s Uyghurs
Jewher Ilham on how policymakers can stand up to the Chinese government’s mistreatment of Uyghurs
Start by banning imports made with forced labour, says the daughter of an imprisoned scholar
The war in Ukraine
The commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on how to win the war
Technology is the key as the war becomes “positional”, says Valery Zaluzhny
War in the Middle East
Steven Simon thinks that Israel may be able to avoid a regional escalation
But continued hard-right rule could foster dystopia, argues the academic and author
War and law
Marc Weller on what international law has to say about the Israel-Hamas conflict
Military advantage must be balanced against the risk of civilian casualties, even when vital interests are at stake, says the law professor
Geopolitics
Thomas Graham on how to rectify mistakes the West made in dealing with Russia
Post-cold-war policy failed to take account of Russian aspirations, says the foreign-policy expert
Global disorder
Mikhail Khodorkovsky says that support for Israel should not come at the expense of Ukraine
Both are fronts in an intensifying fight against global lawlessness, argues the former political prisoner
The Middle East
David Schenker on the risks of a wider war with Iran and its proxies
America needs to go beyond beefing up its naval presence in the region, says the former diplomat