December 6th 2025

e-ISSN : 0013-0613

Contents:

1. How AI is rewiring childhood
2. Britain’s slot-machine politics
3. Enough dithering. Europe must pay to save Ukraine
4. Syria’s transition has gone better than expected
5. Chris Waller, not Kevin Hassett, should lead the Federal Reserve
6. India’s defence-tech startups are thriving
7. America is foolishly waving goodbye to thousands of Chinese boffins
8. Will Congress rein in Pete Hegseth and his boat-bombing campaign
9. Trafficking humans is the drug-gangs’ grimmest business
10. Syria uneasily celebrates a year of liberation
11. Europe is going on a huge military spending spree
12. Polls predicting the next British election are not to be trusted
13. Western armed forces have struggled to fill their ranks to deter Russia