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How to forecast armies’ will to fight

What motivates the dogs of war?

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The future of war

Britain

Competence matters, and Boris Johnson hasn’t got it

Support for the government remains strong, but it has gained a dangerous reputation for incompetence

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Business

What is Prosus, Europe’s consumer-internet star, for?

Investors question the purpose of the old continent’s fourth-biggest company

Leaders

What the arrest of a hero of the Rwandan genocide says about Paul Kagame’s rule

Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired “Hotel Rwanda”, faces charges of terrorism

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United States

Lexington: It’s the covid-economy, stupid

Contrary to what some fearful Democrats believe, law-and-order looks unlikely to decide this election

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America’s election of mistrust

Abe assessed • The odd couple of finance • India’s cost of covid • Johnson’s competence questioned

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Why the baked bean divides America and Britain

The controversial contents of a can

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Europe

Germany says that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok

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How did Americans use their coronavirus stimulus cheques?

Middle East & Africa

Old colonial powers are bidding for influence in Lebanon

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Air pollution is returning to pre-covid levels

This bodes ill for respiratory health

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In context: The geopolitics of the eastern Mediterranean

Europe

Turkey’s Black Sea gas find does not match its president’s hype

It will not end reliance on imports; and the eastern Med will stay tense

Leaders

Dealing with a dangerous dispute in the eastern Med

Turkey and Greece must be encouraged to exchange views, not blows

International

A row over gas is raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean

Europe

Turkey and Greece avoid coming to blows, for now

Special report: Dementia

As humanity ages the numbers of people with dementia will surge

The world is ill-prepared for the frightening human, economic and social implications

The search for a cure for dementia is not going well

But behavioural changes can reduce the risk of developing it

The big question about dementia care is who is going to do it

The best care is “people-centred”, ie, labour-intensive

Might dementia tourism to lower-wage economies become a trend?

It will remain a niche market; but shows how the best care needs a lot of carers

No country has found a sustainable way to finance dementia care

And most have not even tried

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