Leaders

Violence and voters

Fortunately, Donald Trump’s would-be killer failed. What next?

Politicians should try to lower the political temperature

From the archive

Now wake the brave

School scandal

Faddish thinking is hobbling education in the rich world

Test scores have been stagnant or worse for more than a decade

Lord, make us proportional—but not yet

Britain’s skewed election reinforces the case for voting reform. After 2029

The new government has more important things to deal with first

Credit-crushed

How to prevent strongmen from hijacking the fight against dodgy money

Egypt, India and Turkey are regular abusers

Nutrition and cognition

How to raise the world’s IQ

Simple ways to make the next generation more intelligent

France’s shotgun election

The French far right may not have peaked

After winning 32% of the vote in parliamentary elections it will eye the presidency

Keir not

Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment

A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution

NATO at 75

How to Trump-proof America’s alliances

An essential step will be to let Ukraine into NATO

Cloud and dagger

How spies should use technology

Digital tools are transforming spycraft, but won’t replace human agents

Everything in store

As Amazon turns 30, three factors will define its next decade

It will have to deal with trustbusters, catch up on AI and revive its core business

The northern front

Hizbullah poses a grave threat to Israel

But a war right now would be disastrous