Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers Britain has endured a decade of early deaths. Why? How to avoid war over Taiwan A stubbornly strong economy complicates the fight against inflation Strikes at home and war in Ukraine test the French president American universities are pursuing fairness the wrong way Letters to the editor Britain’s most recent defence attaché in Moscow on the failings of Valery Gerasimov America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan How Donald Trump damaged America’s interests in Asia Are Thailand’s gay TV dramas the next K-pop? South Korea has a plan to end its forced-labour feud with Japan The rift in Singapore’s first family turns even nastier Tough language from Xi Jinping belies his anxiety Interpreting China’s unambitious growth target Many of China’s top politicians were educated in the West What party control means in China What if Joe Biden decided against running for re-election? Legal action may change transgender care in America Cannabis and anaesthesia do not mix America’s schools are heading for a crunch Three Republican states pull out of voter-fraud prevention scheme Quite a few young Americans plan to end their days as compost America’s government has not been “weaponised” As they cut back on hiring, Arab bureaucracies are spending more to get less Fiddling with Egypt’s clocks The growth of Africa’s towns and small cities is transforming the continent Argentina is wasting the vast opportunities China offers it Ukraine is building up its forces for an offensive France is in a stand-off against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform Turkey’s opposition has picked its man Ukraine’s most committed backer wins a huge election victory in Estonia Russia’s population nightmare is going to get even worse Germany is letting a domestic squabble pollute Europe’s green ambitions Why did 250,000 Britons die sooner than expected? Can an AI be an inventor? Britain’s new plan to “stop the boats” Sales of romance novels are rising in Britain Thatcher, Sunak and the politics of the supermarket Emmanuel Macron’s vision of a more muscular Europe is coming true Taiwan is a vital island that is under serious threat How Taiwan is shaped by its history and identity It is time to divert Taiwan’s trade and investment from China Taiwan’s dominance of the chip industry makes it more important The battle with China is psychological as much as physical Taiwan needs a new defence strategy to deal with China Taiwanese politics faces a crucial election in early 2024 Taiwan desperately needs support from the world Sources and acknowledgments How China Inc is tackling the TikTok problem Don’t fear an AI-induced jobs apocalypse just yet After years in decline, is the gender pay gap opening up? The small consolations of office irritations How to stop the commoditisation of container shipping Can the West’s perplexing employment miracle continue? How to measure China’s true economic growth China’s Communist Party takes aim at hedonistic bankers New York’s stockmarkets are thrashing Hong Kong and London Lessons from finance’s experience with artificial intelligence Why commodities shine in a time of stagflation Emerging-market central-bank experiments risk reigniting inflation A cartography of human histology is in the making The ocean is as important to the climate as the atmosphere Studying broken chromosomes can illuminate neuroscience Newfangled coins and mercenaries may have brought about democracy Two brave books tell the story of lockdown in Wuhan Peter Frankopan looks at the past differently in “The Earth Transformed” It’s war at this year’s Oscars Singapore’s unique dining style comes to Manhattan Sumner Redstone and the battle for Paramount In “Birnam Wood”, Eleanor Catton returns with a thriller Economic data, commodities and markets Retail investors are losing billions buying stock options Why a new UN treaty to safeguard the “high seas” matters Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines? Justin Schmidt made a lifetime study of insects that attack us 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 This week’s covers Britain has endured a decade of early deaths. Why? How to avoid war over Taiwan A stubbornly strong economy complicates the fight against inflation Strikes at home and war in Ukraine test the French president American universities are pursuing fairness the wrong way Letters to the editor Britain’s most recent defence attaché in Moscow on the failings of Valery Gerasimov America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan How Donald Trump damaged America’s interests in Asia Are Thailand’s gay TV dramas the next K-pop? South Korea has a plan to end its forced-labour feud with Japan The rift in Singapore’s first family turns even nastier Tough language from Xi Jinping belies his anxiety Interpreting China’s unambitious growth target Many of China’s top politicians were educated in the West What party control means in China What if Joe Biden decided against running for re-election? Legal action may change transgender care in America Cannabis and anaesthesia do not mix America’s schools are heading for a crunch Three Republican states pull out of voter-fraud prevention scheme Quite a few young Americans plan to end their days as compost America’s government has not been “weaponised” As they cut back on hiring, Arab bureaucracies are spending more to get less Fiddling with Egypt’s clocks The growth of Africa’s towns and small cities is transforming the continent Argentina is wasting the vast opportunities China offers it Ukraine is building up its forces for an offensive France is in a stand-off against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform Turkey’s opposition has picked its man Ukraine’s most committed backer wins a huge election victory in Estonia Russia’s population nightmare is going to get even worse Germany is letting a domestic squabble pollute Europe’s green ambitions Why did 250,000 Britons die sooner than expected? Can an AI be an inventor? Britain’s new plan to “stop the boats” Sales of romance novels are rising in Britain Thatcher, Sunak and the politics of the supermarket Emmanuel Macron’s vision of a more muscular Europe is coming true Taiwan is a vital island that is under serious threat How Taiwan is shaped by its history and identity It is time to divert Taiwan’s trade and investment from China Taiwan’s dominance of the chip industry makes it more important The battle with China is psychological as much as physical Taiwan needs a new defence strategy to deal with China Taiwanese politics faces a crucial election in early 2024 Taiwan desperately needs support from the world Sources and acknowledgments How China Inc is tackling the TikTok problem Don’t fear an AI-induced jobs apocalypse just yet After years in decline, is the gender pay gap opening up? The small consolations of office irritations How to stop the commoditisation of container shipping Can the West’s perplexing employment miracle continue? How to measure China’s true economic growth China’s Communist Party takes aim at hedonistic bankers New York’s stockmarkets are thrashing Hong Kong and London Lessons from finance’s experience with artificial intelligence Why commodities shine in a time of stagflation Emerging-market central-bank experiments risk reigniting inflation A cartography of human histology is in the making The ocean is as important to the climate as the atmosphere Studying broken chromosomes can illuminate neuroscience Newfangled coins and mercenaries may have brought about democracy Two brave books tell the story of lockdown in Wuhan Peter Frankopan looks at the past differently in “The Earth Transformed” It’s war at this year’s Oscars Singapore’s unique dining style comes to Manhattan Sumner Redstone and the battle for Paramount In “Birnam Wood”, Eleanor Catton returns with a thriller Economic data, commodities and markets Retail investors are losing billions buying stock options Why a new UN treaty to safeguard the “high seas” matters Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines? Justin Schmidt made a lifetime study of insects that attack us Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)