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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Politics: The global crisis in conservatism China v America: Counter-flow The European Union’s top jobs: Deae ex machina Libya: A country apart Futurology: Navigating the rapids On mental health, war literature, plastic waste, magistrates, air-traffic control, Boris Johnson, pets: Letters to the editor Conservatism: The self-preservation society Immigration detention: In the land of the free Laura Yeager: Madam General The Democratic primary: Debatable SCOTUS: Holding court Police officers and social media: Slur and protect Alaska: Baked Lexington: The calm within the storm The war on drugs: Blow up Colombia’s conflict: Jesús on the run Bello: Populism, rampant and constrained Uzbekistan: Ready, steady, reform Smartphone addiction in South Korea: Smombie apocalypse Polio in Pakistan: Drop goal Water shortages in India: Do or dry Banyan: Non-working-level talks Hong Kong’s protests: Anti-establishment day Department of waste management: Recycle, or else Chaguan: A chained dragon Libya: Siege on the Mediterranean Slinking to the exits: The UAE begins pulling out of Yemen Tunisian politics: Crisis delayed, for now Kenyan prisons: Learn the law, hope for freedom Sudan: Stalemate EU top jobs: The Leyen’s share The European Central Bank: Sticking to the plan Germany: Ghosts of the past Trouble in Georgia: Back in the bear pit France’s weather dilemma: Green on blue Charlemagne: Family trouble Brexit plans: The Tory time warp Brexit and citizenship: Passport to Portugal Jeremy Corbyn: Labouring Labour The LGBT movement: Rainbows and clouds Sin taxes: Boris eyes the nanny Press ownership: Sultan of the Standard Bagehot: The illusionist Lending and data: Numbers game If America and China clash at sea: China crisis: October 2020 If America leaves NATO: Europe alone: July 2024 If Egypt collapses: Pyramid scheme If robots don’t take all the jobs: A different dystopia: July 2030 If America introduces a wealth tax: Rich people’s problems If Facebook shuts down in Europe: Network effects: July 2020 If antibiotics stop working: Attack of the superbugs: July 2041 If geoengineering goes rogue: Reaching for the sunshade: July 2030 If the Allies had been more generous in 1919: Versailles revisited Sources and acknowledgments Mergers and acquisitions in America: Breaking the wave Bartleby: Send in the clouds Technology and geopolitics: Huawei OK to sell? Startup stakes: Whose unicorn is this? Obituary: Lee Iacocca: King of Detroit Saudi Aramco’s IPO: Back on the horizon Publishing in France: Book value Schumpeter: Ben van Beurden’s balancing act China’s financial opening: Panda express Monetary policy: Help wanted Art-secured lending: Cash in on your Picasso Buttonwood: The new public Oil markets: Making the cut Switzerland and the EU: Raising the stakes Pensions in Japan: Sumo-sized challenge Trade deals: Missed you Free exchange: Yellen’s unlikeliest student Farming insects: Grub’s up Superhydrophobic materials: A better raincoat Mass data collection: Mosquito vetting Conservation: One down, 226 to go Archaeology: Chemical biography Culture in the Gulf: The red ink and the black Fame and violence: Fallen idol Meteorology: Eye of the storm British fiction: Seaside rock Johnson: Voice of a nation Economic data, markets and commodities American democracy: The silent near-majority Judith Krantz: Woman of substance Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)