The agreement between Israel and Hamas announced last week is good news, but it represents only a modest step towards resolving the manifold problems caused by the war in the Gaza Strip. Limited or not, the deal is valuable in its own terms, assuming it holds. Under its terms, the …

Sans aimants, pas de moteur, pas de radar, pas d’avion. Et sans la Chine, pas d’aimants. Environ 90% de la production mondiale d’aimants à terres rares provient de la République populaire. Ils sont présents dans chaque moteur électrique, chaque drone, chaque F-35. Ce qui peut sembler être un détail technique …

It feels strange to even write this, but Al-Qaeda is back in Afghanistan. Not in whispers or shadows, but in a way that looks a lot like their pre-9/11 presence. More than two decades after the “war on terror” began, the group has carved out space under Taliban protection. Reports …