Once a port at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, Singapore is now a hub for managing risk in international trade. There are broader lessons for countries dependent on energy flows
From the lives of explorers to the intimacies of the human condition, Morgado looks for the imperfect and the relatable, whether in historical figures or in ourselves.
As the world's attention turns to the safety of maritime trade routes, it is important to recall that civilisations have transported goods and people across the seas for thousands of years.
Our cover story this week explores the opportunities and risks accompanying Syria's shift from being a corridor of Iranian influence to a state intent on containing it
Democratic control of Congress will increase scrutiny of the war and its economic costs, but could also make the concessions needed for a lasting agreement with Tehran more difficult to deliver
Artificial intelligence can analyse facial features for clues to biological ageing and cancer survival, but further validation is needed before clinical use
Following an historic landslide, a new progressive wave is calling for establishment figures to step aside and make way for new blood who better represent the future direction of the party