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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Turkey — better inside the tent than outside, as LBJ might say. Anti-Semitism, anti-imperialism and art — Germany faces questions over its inconsistent treatment of racism. Scotland — Europe’s drug death capital (but hey, let’s focus on independence). The US and Beirut — generations of intervention. And Western-Chinese tensions begin to split the UN’s agriculture body. Vile murderer Mohammed bin Salman’s vision for a futuristic city is the kind of idea that could only emerge from the union of tech bros and a tyrant no one can say no to.

SCIENCE

The lesson from 200 years of bitter experience: think once, think twice, don’t get stuck