Spheres of influence

IT WAS AROUND MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW WHEN Vladimir Putin took a call from the White House. President Donald Trump had just spent several hours, on Aug. 18, in meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z

FEW POLITICAL LEADERS REALIZE THE RATE AT which artificial intelligence is racing ahead. For decades, technological progress has been logged at a pace known as Moore’s Law, named after Gordon Moore, t

The tiny Gulf state has become a major player on the world stage, working to resolve some of the most intractable conflicts. Is it driven by a genuine wish to promote peace – or is it simply pursuing its own interests? Nesrine Malik reports

Young Americans traditionally start adulthood by casting their ballot for the left, but Republicans are capitalizing on their loss of trust in institutions

“Politicians always seem to assume that the British public isn’t willing to pay more tax in return for better public services,” says Vince Cable. “I’m not entirely sure that’s true.” The former Lib De

Three accounts of modern liberalism