Leaders

Reboot successful
The lessons from Microsoft’s startling comeback
A bold bet on AI could help it overtake Apple as the world’s most valuable firm

A short war with a long shadow
A humanitarian disaster is under way in Nagorno-Karabakh
And Russia may also be destabilising its old ally, Armenia

The budget bust-up
Forget the shutdown. America’s real fiscal worry is rising bond yields
Watch Wall Street, not Washington

A bigger, better EU
The war in Ukraine is a powerful reason to enlarge—and improve—the EU
Nine new countries, including Ukraine, are vying to join

Elixir of life
Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect
Efforts to slow ageing are taking wing

Striking contradictions
Joe Biden may come to regret his claim to be pro-union
The UAW strike highlights the deep strains in Bidenomics

How to beat HIV
To end AIDS, high-risk countries will need to jab schoolgirls
Injections that could keep a generation virus-free are on the horizon

Beyond the hype
ChatGPT mania may be cooling, but a serious new industry is taking shape
Three forces will shape the business of generative AI

Uninsurable America
Climate change is coming for America’s property market
Insurance is supposed to signal risk. Policymakers should let it

From Asia to Asia
What Asia’s economic revolution means for the world
Links between the region’s countries are getting stronger. But America’s loss is not entirely China’s gain

Ukraine
Ukraine faces a long war. A change of course is needed
Its backers should pray for a speedy victory—but plan for a long struggle

Death in Vancouver
If India ordered a murder in Canada, there must be consequences
Western countries have for too long acquiesced to the Indian government’s abuses