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Africa’s most admired dictator rolls the dice
Kagame’s intervention in Congo threatens his legacy at home

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The stunning decline of the preference for having boys
Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them

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America’s tax on foreign investors could do more damage than tariffs
Provisions in the Republican budget are a dangerous step

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Myanmar is a demonstration of Chinese hegemony in action
China is playing all sides in the country’s bloody civil war

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The West is rethinking how to fight wars
Ukraine’s daring raid on Russia has lessons for European armed forces. But they need cash, too

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First he busted gangs. Now Nayib Bukele busts critics
El Salvador’s president has all the tools of repression he needs to stay in power indefinitely

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How Labour should save the NHS
Among all its ideas, the most important is to go all-in for digital transformation

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American finance, always unique, is now uniquely dangerous
Donald Trump is putting an untested system under almighty strain

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India needs to turn the air-con on
If its awful air pollution is ever solved the country will get even hotter

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Pausing foreign applications to American universities is a terrible idea
The Trump administration hobbles a great American export

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The plan to protect America by shooting down missiles mid-air
It’s not as outlandish as it sounds

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The man with a plan for Vietnam
A Communist Party hard man has to rescue Asia’s great success story