Arnab Neil Sengupta

There is a familiar complaint heard at family gatherings, in television studios and on social media feeds these days: the world is falling apart.

Germany is undergoing an industrial reset. Its transition from cars to cannons is more a response to crisis than opportunity, but it is a welcome reorientation nonetheless.

Iran’s unprovoked and illegal attacks on its Arab neighbors, until a shaky ceasefire was declared early Wednesday, drove home a point more significant than the immediate human toll.