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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon The new Germany Target: Taiwan Climate policy, at last How to help with those bills Bail early, bail often On ESG investing, currency conversions, carp, hydrogen, alien life Xi Jinping may attack Taiwan to secure his legacy, warn Admiral Lee Hsi-min and Eric Lee China’s huge exercises around Taiwan were a rehearsal, not a signal, says Oriana Skylar Mastro Schafft Deutschland das? The rungs of escalation Wrecked planes smoulder at Russia’s Saky airbase in Crimea Putin’s disposables Minds in pieces Defeat foretold The great French mustard shortage Feeling the heat The summer of discontent Electric shock Borders and bottlenecks Stop and think Metered litres Live by the bank, die by the bank And now for my next act Cops, robbers and votes Oops, I did it again Seeing the wood for the trees Extreme goes mainstream Utmost gravity Al-Qaeda and Islamic State are both digging into Africa Joule in the rain Too close to call Making a success out of failure The jet set and the rest Human error may have played a role in Cuba’s oil-terminal fire Darkness returns to Guatemala The three-body problem The crownless again shall be king Voice recognition Worst. Election. Ever. Lost in transition Peace, of a sort Danger ahead The best and the brightest China’s new tycoons Can tech reshape the Pentagon? More cash, stat! Working for the baddies WeChat, they snoop, no one wins Funding which future? Recurring nightmares Two cheers amid the fears Putin’s present A finite problem Shorts, squeezed America v Europe Protest and survive Impact creator Bernanke v Chancellor Fast and loose Burning up Our last summer The data is in Economic data, commodities and markets It pays to be friends What do caretaker governments take care of? Why isn’t Russia blocking GPS in Ukraine? The doors of perception Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)