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Transport

Train times

Every nation wants cleaner, smarter ways of getting around and rail is set to be the big winner. We talk speed, design and night-time adventures with Michael Peter of Siemens Mobility.

  • Issue #144
  • 8 min read
Train times
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Taiwan’s representative in the US talks cat diplomacy, and Germany and Hungary fall out over football.

  • Issue #144
  • 5 min read
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Diplomacy

Fight your corner

Trump called the organisation ‘obsolete’ but Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is stronger than ever and ready to deal with cyber threats, bullying nations and the shifting global balance of power.

  • Issue #143
  • 7 min read
Fight your corner
Culture

Between the lines

Reporting from the middle ground of a divided city, the ‘South China Morning Post’ treads a tricky path. But will it be able to continue its balanced reporting as press freedom is increasingly attacked?

  • Issue #142
  • 12 min read
Between the lines
Diplomacy

Under the influence

Isolationism has taken the shine off the perception of the US. But its foreign policy remains tightly interwoven with much of the world. As a new president takes office, what do its allies want?

  • Issue #139
  • 15 min read
Black and white headshot of a young woman smiling.
Affairs

Shape of things to come

We asked 10 leading experts in international and geopolitical affairs to share their predictions for the year ahead and tell us which way the world will turn in 2021.

  • The Forecast #11
  • 6 min read
Shape  of things  to come
Affairs

How to be a modern spy

As digital footprints have become easier to follow, the espionage game has changed. We track where it’s heading.

  • The Forecast #11
  • 10 min read
How to be a modern spy
Diplomacy

Defence & Diplomacy

Estonia’s defence minister on what he expects from the US, a Belgian-Dutch embassy design conference and China sells missile defence to Serbia.

  • Issue #137
  • 4 min read
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Affairs

Affairs Briefing

Trump brings the fight to mayors, how India tested China’s resolve with a road, Germany learns from medical evacuations and the evolving role of landscaping.

  • Issue #136
  • 9 min read
Affairs Briefing

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