Human-rights lawyers are trying to save laws meant to tame violent rulers
But China’s bullying of Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines risks an explosion
The world’s atomic watchdog fears a terrifying regional arms race
Too often politicians tout awful solutions for helping tenants
Big powers are preparing for wartime sabotage
Will rich countries welcome them the way they did Chinese students?
Deadly heat is increasingly the norm, not an exception to it
Threats to Western alliances lie both within and without the club
The undersea cables that connect the world are becoming military targets
The speed and intensity of prospective conflicts could test the laws of war