Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon The destructive new logic that threatens globalisation The West should supply tanks to Ukraine How Brazil should deal with the bolsonarista insurrection America’s trustbusters plan to curtail the use of non-compete clauses. Good Fixing Britain’s health service means fixing its family doctors Letters to the editor Daleep Singh on America’s economic statecraft Globalisation, already slowing, is suffering a new assault Japan pivots back to nuclear power Myanmar’s generals are deeply superstitious India’s rocketing internet-user growth has stalled South Korea’s travel spat with China Abe Shinzo’s assassin achieved his political goals The mirage of peace and prosperity in Kashmir Covid is complicating China’s efforts to re-engage with the world The cult of Li Wenliang, the doctor who spotted covid-19 China is still punishing those who protested against zero-covid Many Chinese villagers seem ready to move on from covid-19 After a spectacularly chaotic start for Congress, more discord looms What California’s deadly storms reveal about the state’s climate future America’s army has launched a scheme to slim down its recruits Polyamory is getting slivers of legal recognition in America America’s culture wars extend into medicine How rappers are strengthening Donald Trump’s movement After eight dismal years, Nigeria prepares to replace President Buhari Ethiopia’s war in Tigray has ended, but deep faultlines remain Kenya’s blood shortage and the kicking of an aid addiction Protests have subsided in Iran, but clerics cannot yet proclaim victory A century-old choice created one of the Gulf’s oddest geopolitical features The Arab world’s rulers have turned journalists into courtiers A copycat insurrection in Brazil, and its troubling aftermath Erotic statues in Peru are challenging taboos Latin American cities are becoming far nicer for poorer inhabitants Emmanuel Macron unveils his pension reforms The war has devastated Ukraine’s environment, too Might Turkey seize a tiny Greek island? Turkey is on the point of banning the main Kurdish opposition party The Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh have been blockaded by Azerbaijan General practitioners are a big part of Britain’s health-care crisis How many excess deaths in England are associated with A&E delays? Prince Harry’s autobiography is an ill-advised romp Lower gas prices will provide only limited relief to Britons What the failure of Virgin Orbit means for Britain’s space ambitions The longed-for transformation of English farming isn’t happening British museums and galleries are dealing with the past, clumsily The age of the grandparent has arrived How technology is redrawing the boundaries of the firm Investments in ports foretell the future of global commerce German companies fret about a new supply-chain law The priciest cars are selling fast A humiliating incident on an Air India flight triggers outrage How to unlock creativity in the workplace Go to Texas to see the anti-green future of clean energy What America’s protectionist turn means for the world The dollar could bring investors a nasty surprise The energy crisis and Europe’s astonishing luck Has economics run out of big new ideas? The hunt for FTX’s missing riches Warnings from history for a new era of industrial policy Proving a photo is fake is one thing. Proving it isn’t is another A praying mantis attacks a nestling Wasp larvae that eat aphids alive may save apple crops What causes elephant poaching? Roman civil engineering has lessons for the modern world To their critics, Mexican drug ballads glorify violence Cinema meets radicalism in “Picture in the Sand” The quest for the perfect chip “For Blood and Money” charts a race to develop a blockbuster drug How Cambodian music survived the horrors of the Khmers Rouges The truth about Stone Mountain’s giant Confederate memorial Economic data, commodities and markets Antidepressants are over-prescribed, but genuinely help some patients What is the House Freedom Caucus? What is a tank—and does France’s gift to Ukraine fit the bill? Vivienne Westwood sowed never-ending revolution all through the fashion world Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)
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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon The destructive new logic that threatens globalisation The West should supply tanks to Ukraine How Brazil should deal with the bolsonarista insurrection America’s trustbusters plan to curtail the use of non-compete clauses. Good Fixing Britain’s health service means fixing its family doctors Letters to the editor Daleep Singh on America’s economic statecraft Globalisation, already slowing, is suffering a new assault Japan pivots back to nuclear power Myanmar’s generals are deeply superstitious India’s rocketing internet-user growth has stalled South Korea’s travel spat with China Abe Shinzo’s assassin achieved his political goals The mirage of peace and prosperity in Kashmir Covid is complicating China’s efforts to re-engage with the world The cult of Li Wenliang, the doctor who spotted covid-19 China is still punishing those who protested against zero-covid Many Chinese villagers seem ready to move on from covid-19 After a spectacularly chaotic start for Congress, more discord looms What California’s deadly storms reveal about the state’s climate future America’s army has launched a scheme to slim down its recruits Polyamory is getting slivers of legal recognition in America America’s culture wars extend into medicine How rappers are strengthening Donald Trump’s movement After eight dismal years, Nigeria prepares to replace President Buhari Ethiopia’s war in Tigray has ended, but deep faultlines remain Kenya’s blood shortage and the kicking of an aid addiction Protests have subsided in Iran, but clerics cannot yet proclaim victory A century-old choice created one of the Gulf’s oddest geopolitical features The Arab world’s rulers have turned journalists into courtiers A copycat insurrection in Brazil, and its troubling aftermath Erotic statues in Peru are challenging taboos Latin American cities are becoming far nicer for poorer inhabitants Emmanuel Macron unveils his pension reforms The war has devastated Ukraine’s environment, too Might Turkey seize a tiny Greek island? Turkey is on the point of banning the main Kurdish opposition party The Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh have been blockaded by Azerbaijan General practitioners are a big part of Britain’s health-care crisis How many excess deaths in England are associated with A&E delays? Prince Harry’s autobiography is an ill-advised romp Lower gas prices will provide only limited relief to Britons What the failure of Virgin Orbit means for Britain’s space ambitions The longed-for transformation of English farming isn’t happening British museums and galleries are dealing with the past, clumsily The age of the grandparent has arrived How technology is redrawing the boundaries of the firm Investments in ports foretell the future of global commerce German companies fret about a new supply-chain law The priciest cars are selling fast A humiliating incident on an Air India flight triggers outrage How to unlock creativity in the workplace Go to Texas to see the anti-green future of clean energy What America’s protectionist turn means for the world The dollar could bring investors a nasty surprise The energy crisis and Europe’s astonishing luck Has economics run out of big new ideas? The hunt for FTX’s missing riches Warnings from history for a new era of industrial policy Proving a photo is fake is one thing. Proving it isn’t is another A praying mantis attacks a nestling Wasp larvae that eat aphids alive may save apple crops What causes elephant poaching? Roman civil engineering has lessons for the modern world To their critics, Mexican drug ballads glorify violence Cinema meets radicalism in “Picture in the Sand” The quest for the perfect chip “For Blood and Money” charts a race to develop a blockbuster drug How Cambodian music survived the horrors of the Khmers Rouges The truth about Stone Mountain’s giant Confederate memorial Economic data, commodities and markets Antidepressants are over-prescribed, but genuinely help some patients What is the House Freedom Caucus? What is a tank—and does France’s gift to Ukraine fit the bill? Vivienne Westwood sowed never-ending revolution all through the fashion world Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)