Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s cover The growing peril of national conservatism Europe must hurry to defend itself against Russia—and Donald Trump Pakistan is out of friends and out of money A new answer to the biggest climate conundrum As San Francisco builds the future of technology, can it rebuild itself? Another bank subsidy America should kill off How not to do a megaproject Letters to the editor David Owen argues that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both too old to be president Two experts predict AI will transform companies’ understanding of themselves “National conservatives” are forging a global front against liberalism First electric cars. Next, electric factories? India’s unprecedented love-in with the Middle East India’s Supreme Court delivers a rare setback for Narendra Modi Pakistan’s voters tell the generals where to put it Prabowo Subianto will be Indonesia’s next president Australia needs to rethink its approach to its Pacific island neighbours Xi Jinping’s paranoia is making China isolated and insular Hong Kong is struggling to restore its image as a global city China is trying to boost domestic tourism How China stifles dissent without a KGB or Stasi of its own Black workers are enjoying a jobs boom in America House Republicans fear Trump too much to aid Ukraine Cousin marriage is probably fine in most cases The far-right’s favoured social-media platform plots a comeback The search for justice in America is not a nine-to-five job Donald Trump’s tremendous love If Israel invades, hell looms in Rafah The real problem with the UN’s agency for Palestinians How Yemen’s dominant Houthis blackmail foreign aid agencies Is Julius Malema the most dangerous man in South Africa? African governments return to international bond markets Evidence mounts that Ukrainian forces are in Sudan Why Lula keeps meddling with Latin America’s top oil company Chile’s crisis is not over yet The EU’s covid-19 recovery fund has worked, but not as intended After Russia’s invasion the people of Bessarabia switched sides As Donald Trump threatens NATO, the Baltic states stiffen their defences As German industry declines, the Ruhr gives hope Europe decides it doesn’t like lab-grown meat before it’s tried it How not to botch the upcoming EU leadership reshuffle The horror story of HS2 Why British police should focus on victims Climate will be a battleground in Britain’s next election How to live to one hundred British lives are getting duller Ban it harder! An unwelcome new trend in British politics Love, frugality and home-grown flowers are in the air 2024 is a giant test of nerves for democracy China is quietly reducing its reliance on foreign chip technology Japan’s semiconductor toolmakers are booming Would-be suitors are wooing Paramount Why Costco is so loved How to benefit from the conversations you have at work How worried should Amazon be about Shein and Temu? The row over US Steel shows the new meaning of national security How San Francisco staged a surprising comeback Investing in commodities has become nightmarishly difficult How the world economy learned to love chaos The Ukraine war offers energy arbitrage opportunities Is working from home about to spark a financial crisis? In defence of a financial instrument that fails to do its job A private Moon mission hopes to succeed where others have failed For the perfect cup of tea, start with the right bacteria What tennis reveals about AI’s impact on human behaviour A 40-year-old nuclear-fusion experiment bows out in style The third-largest exporter of television is not who you might expect A secret room in Florence boasts drawings by Michelangelo On “A Wonderful Country”, Israelis joke their way through trauma The Wa: the world’s biggest drug-dealers, with a tiny profile From Napoleon to Vladimir Putin, disease has shaped history The real message of Vladimir Putin’s chat with Tucker Carlson What to read about Indonesia Economic data, commodities and markets Jack Jennings was one of the Allied POWs who built the Burma Railway 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 cover The growing peril of national conservatism Europe must hurry to defend itself against Russia—and Donald Trump Pakistan is out of friends and out of money A new answer to the biggest climate conundrum As San Francisco builds the future of technology, can it rebuild itself? Another bank subsidy America should kill off How not to do a megaproject Letters to the editor David Owen argues that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both too old to be president Two experts predict AI will transform companies’ understanding of themselves “National conservatives” are forging a global front against liberalism First electric cars. Next, electric factories? India’s unprecedented love-in with the Middle East India’s Supreme Court delivers a rare setback for Narendra Modi Pakistan’s voters tell the generals where to put it Prabowo Subianto will be Indonesia’s next president Australia needs to rethink its approach to its Pacific island neighbours Xi Jinping’s paranoia is making China isolated and insular Hong Kong is struggling to restore its image as a global city China is trying to boost domestic tourism How China stifles dissent without a KGB or Stasi of its own Black workers are enjoying a jobs boom in America House Republicans fear Trump too much to aid Ukraine Cousin marriage is probably fine in most cases The far-right’s favoured social-media platform plots a comeback The search for justice in America is not a nine-to-five job Donald Trump’s tremendous love If Israel invades, hell looms in Rafah The real problem with the UN’s agency for Palestinians How Yemen’s dominant Houthis blackmail foreign aid agencies Is Julius Malema the most dangerous man in South Africa? African governments return to international bond markets Evidence mounts that Ukrainian forces are in Sudan Why Lula keeps meddling with Latin America’s top oil company Chile’s crisis is not over yet The EU’s covid-19 recovery fund has worked, but not as intended After Russia’s invasion the people of Bessarabia switched sides As Donald Trump threatens NATO, the Baltic states stiffen their defences As German industry declines, the Ruhr gives hope Europe decides it doesn’t like lab-grown meat before it’s tried it How not to botch the upcoming EU leadership reshuffle The horror story of HS2 Why British police should focus on victims Climate will be a battleground in Britain’s next election How to live to one hundred British lives are getting duller Ban it harder! An unwelcome new trend in British politics Love, frugality and home-grown flowers are in the air 2024 is a giant test of nerves for democracy China is quietly reducing its reliance on foreign chip technology Japan’s semiconductor toolmakers are booming Would-be suitors are wooing Paramount Why Costco is so loved How to benefit from the conversations you have at work How worried should Amazon be about Shein and Temu? The row over US Steel shows the new meaning of national security How San Francisco staged a surprising comeback Investing in commodities has become nightmarishly difficult How the world economy learned to love chaos The Ukraine war offers energy arbitrage opportunities Is working from home about to spark a financial crisis? In defence of a financial instrument that fails to do its job A private Moon mission hopes to succeed where others have failed For the perfect cup of tea, start with the right bacteria What tennis reveals about AI’s impact on human behaviour A 40-year-old nuclear-fusion experiment bows out in style The third-largest exporter of television is not who you might expect A secret room in Florence boasts drawings by Michelangelo On “A Wonderful Country”, Israelis joke their way through trauma The Wa: the world’s biggest drug-dealers, with a tiny profile From Napoleon to Vladimir Putin, disease has shaped history The real message of Vladimir Putin’s chat with Tucker Carlson What to read about Indonesia Economic data, commodities and markets Jack Jennings was one of the Allied POWs who built the Burma Railway Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)