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1. A glimpse inside Putin’s secret arms empire
2. Saudi society has changed drastically. Can the economy change, too?
3. Would Vladimir Putin attack NATO?
4. Chinese military exercises foreshadow a blockade of Taiwan
5. Any Chinese curbs on Taiwan’s trade would carry big economic costs
6. Can China sap a divided and isolated Taiwan of its will to resist?
7. Emigration from Africa will change the world
8. Donald Trump is battling America’s elite universities—and winning
9. Why can’t stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million?
10. As Donald Trump’s trade war heats up, China is surprisingly confident
11. An unrestrained Israel is reshaping the Middle East
12. Dreams of improving the human race are no longer science fiction
13. If it comes to a stand-off, Europe has leverage over America
14. Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions
15. Syria’s economy, still strangled by sanctions, is on its knees
16. The transactional world Donald Trump seeks would harm not help America
17. Donald Trump is a reckless president, but not yet a lawless one
18. America’s military supremacy is in jeopardy
19. Online scams may already be as big a scourge as illegal drugs
20. Even in India, bureaucracy is being curtailed
21. Many governments talk about cutting regulation but few manage to
22. Why Chinese AI has stunned the world
23. The right in Congress and the courts will reshape Donald Trump’s agenda
24. How far will Donald Trump go to get rid of illegal immigrants?
25. Young customers in developing countries propel a boom in plastic surgery
26. The Assad regime’s fall voids many of the Middle East’s old certainties
27. Syria has exchanged a vile dictator for an uncertain future
28. Gambling is growing like gangbusters in America
29. The Adani bribery case could upend Indian business and politics
30. The war in Ukraine is straining Russia’s economy and society
31. How will Donald Trump handle the war in Ukraine?
32. Elon Musk’s transformation, in his own words
33. Elon Musk and Donald Trump seem besotted. Where is their bromance headed?
34. The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
35. Donald Trump’s victory was resounding. His second term will be, too
36. How bad could a second Trump presidency get?
37. GLP-1s like Ozempic are among the most important drug breakthroughs ever
38. The rockets are nifty, but it is satellites that make SpaceX valuable
39. Who will control the next Congress?
40. Has the war in Gaza radicalised young Palestinians?
41. A year on, Israeli society is divided about the lessons of October 7th
42. The bloodshed in the Middle East is fast expanding
43. What Hamas misunderstood about the Middle East
44. After the decapitation of Hizbullah, Iran could race for a nuclear bomb
45. Ukraine is on the defensive, militarily, economically and diplomatically
46. America is becoming less “woke”
47. What will happen if America’s election result is contested?
48. The Chinese authorities are concealing the state of the economy
49. “Hell on earth”: satellite images document the siege of a Sudanese city
50. The ripple effects of Sudan’s war are being felt across three continents
51. Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years
52. Kamala Harris has revealed only the vaguest of policy platforms
53. Talent is scarce. Yet many countries spurn it
54. America’s “left-behind” are doing better than ever
55. Swing-state economies are doing just fine
56. Can Kamala Harris win on the economy?
58. A shift in the media business is changing what it is to be a sports fan
59. Will Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to America repair or weaken ties?
60. Optimistic plans for post-war Gaza have little basis in reality
61. Small investments in nutrition could make the world brainier
62. Introducing “Boom!”
63. One generation has dominated American politics for over 30 years
64. Senility in high office
65. Democratic bigwigs are starting to call for Joe Biden to step aside
66. What would Joe Biden actually do with a second term?
67. How AI is changing warfare
68. America’s assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring
69. The people and places that turned away from the BJP
70. Narendra Modi could respond to disappointment in two different ways
71. The undoing of Roe v Wade has created a mighty political movement
72. Why this is South Africa’s most important election since 1994
73. Why America is vulnerable to a despot
74. The world’s economic order is breaking down
75. America’s fiscal outlook is disastrous, but forgotten
77. America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population
78. Homeowners face a $25trn bill from climate change
79. America and its allies are entering a period of nuclear uncertainty
80. How to predict Donald Trump’s foreign policy
81. The war in Gaza may topple Hamas without making Israel safer
82. America’s economy has escaped a hard landing
83. Third-party candidates could be decisive in America’s election
84. America’s ten-year-old fentanyl epidemic is still getting worse
85. Can Europe defend itself without America?
86. First electric cars. Next, electric factories?
87. “National conservatives” are forging a global front against liberalism
88. China’s well-to-do are under assault from every side
89. As Facebook turns 20, politics is out; impersonal video feeds are in
90. Could AI transform life in developing countries?
91. Ram and the strongman: Modi looks unstoppable in India’s election
92. Western firms are quaking as China’s electric-car industry speeds up
93. Joe Biden’s chances do not look good. The Democrats have no plan B
94. Brexit? Hah! Lockdowns? Shrug! Can nothing stop London?
95. Despite the war in Gaza, talk of a two-state solution persists
96. How Putin is reshaping Russia to keep his war-machine running
97. The messier the world gets, the more the UAE seems to thrive
98. Now AI can write, sing and act, is it still possible to be a star?
99. Markets think interest rates could stay high for a decade or more
100. Why Israel’s invasion of Gaza has been delayed
101. Israel’s prime minister and its army are damagingly divided
102. The overstretched superpower
103. Iran’s ayatollahs play the Middle East’s most dangerous game
104. Can the Palestinian Authority control Gaza if Hamas is ousted?
105. Why Saudi Arabia and the UAE want to keep links with Israel
106. Mapping the destruction in Gaza
107. Israel’s four unpalatable options for Gaza’s long-term future
108. As Israel’s invasion of Gaza nears, the obstacles get more daunting
109. The Arab world thinks differently about this war
110. Mapping Israel’s war in Gaza
111. Vladimir Putin’s plan to profit from the Israel-Hamas war
112. Hamas tunnels under Gaza will be a key battlefield for Israel
113. Israel’s tank commanders are studying Russia’s mistakes
114. Is Israel acting within the laws of war?
115. Hamas’s attack was the bloodiest in Israel’s history
116. Hamas’s atrocities and Israel’s retaliation will change both sides for ever
117. Hamas has failed to rally the Middle East to its cause
118. The war in Ukraine is threatening to wash across the Black Sea
119. How Microsoft could supplant Apple as the world’s most valuable firm
120. Western help for Ukraine is likely to diminish next year
121. To endure a long war, Ukraine is remaking its army, economy and society
122. The hard right is getting closer to power all over Europe
123. The Gulf countries want to reshape the Middle East in their image
124. How cynical leaders are whipping up nationalism to win and abuse power
125. El Nino and global warming are mixing in alarming ways
126. China’s defeated youth
127. Saudi Arabia is spending a fortune on sport
128. Could America’s economy escape recession?
129. The meticulous, ruthless preparations for a second Trump term
130. Why China should be friendlier to its neighbours
131. The surprising upside of climate migration
132. War is reshaping the Ukrainian state—for the better
133. Inflation is as corrosive to investing as it is to the real economy
134. Pretending that everything is under control in Russia
135. Ukraine’s counter-offensive is gathering pace
136. The geopolitical stakes of Ukraine’s counter-offensive
137. It’s not just a fiscal fiasco: greying economies also innovate less
138. Henry Kissinger explains how to avoid world war three
139. China learns to manage decline
140. The fall of empires preys on Xi Jinping’s mind
142. How soon and at what height will China’s economy peak?
143. China v America: how Xi Jinping plans to narrow the military gap
144. Could Erdogan be ousted in Turkey’s coming election?
145. Russia’s economy can withstand a long war, but not a more intense one
146. America’s economic outperformance is a marvel to behold
147. The evidence to support medicalised gender transitions in adolescents is worryingly weak
148. America’s commercial sanctions on China could get much worse
149. Iran wants a detente with its neighbours but not with America
150. Texas’s latest boom is its biggest yet
151. America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan
152. A new class of drugs for weight loss could end obesity
153. Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine
155. The invasion has stalled, but Putin’s war on dissent marches on
156. The West is struggling to forge a new arsenal of democracy
157. Ukraine’s fate will determine the West’s authority in the world
158. Lots of investors think inflation is under control. Not so fast
159. Why Adani Group’s troubles will reverberate across India
160. America’s government is spending lavishly to revive manufacturing
161. How Goldman Sachs went from apex predator to Wall Street laggard
162. As Disney turns 100, its business is on a rollercoaster ride
163. Globalisation, already slowing, is suffering a new assault
164. How Elon Musk’s satellites have saved Ukraine and changed warfare
165. Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals explain why the war hangs in the balance
166. Ukraine’s top soldier runs a different kind of army from Russia’s
167. “Anyone who underestimates Russia is headed for defeat”
168. Rising interest rates and inflation have upended investing
169. China’s failing covid strategy leaves Xi Jinping with no good options
170. The costs and consequences of Europe’s energy crisis are growing
171. What Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall means for effective altruism
172. The failure of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried will leave deep scars
173. Indonesia is poised for a boom—politics permitting
174. On what terms could the war in Ukraine stop?
175. The world is going to miss the totemic 1.5°C climate target
176. Joe Biden attempts the biggest overhaul of America’s economy in decades
177. Will India become a green superpower?
178. China and the West are in a race to foster innovation
179. Ukraine’s military success is reshaping Russia as well as the war
180. Elon Musk’s foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried
181. An investigation into what has shaped Xi Jinping’s thinking
182. The war in Ukraine has reshaped the world’s fuel markets
183. Jair Bolsonaro is poised to lose the Brazilian election
184. American policy is splitting, state by state, into two blocs
185. Gene therapies must become miracles of medicine
186. Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party is unquestionable
187. Germany is facing dramatic change in many dimensions all at once
188. Vladimir Putin is in thrall to a distinctive brand of Russian fascism
189. How has Turkey’s economy kept growing despite raging inflation?
190. Democrats in America are realising they must moderate or die
191. As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
192. Does a protracted conflict favour Russia or Ukraine?
193. Energy security gives climate-friendly nuclear-power plants a new appeal
194. The structure of the world’s supply chains is changing
195. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has eroded the nuclear taboo
196. China is trying to protect its economy from Western pressure
197. A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk
198. India is likely to be the world’s fastest-growing big economy this year
199. America’s Supreme Court faces a crisis of legitimacy
200. Russia’s army is in a woeful state
201. What Taiwan can learn from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
202. What will it cost to rebuild Ukraine?
203. Volodymyr Zelensky’s Ukraine is defined by self-organisation
204. France looks likely to re-elect Emmanuel Macron
205. What next for Russia?
206. Ukraine’s president tells The Economist why Vladimir Putin must be defeated
207. An uncertain outlook across Ukraine
210. The risk that the war in Ukraine escalates past the nuclear threshold
211. Vladimir Putin is pushing Russia into the past
212. Russian soldiers expecting to be welcomed to Ukraine were soon disabused
213. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is wrecking two countries
214. Western sanctions on Russia are like none the world has seen
215. The war in Ukraine is going to change geopolitics profoundly
216. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
217. A new era of transparent warfare beckons
218. Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine also damages Russia
219. The elections in Uttar Pradesh will show where India is heading
220. Why the world is saving too much money for its own good
222. What America’s largest technology firms are investing in
223. Kazakhstan’s bloody turbulence will affect all of Central Asia
224. Russia’s menacing of Ukraine is unlikely to induce NATO to retreat
225. The Republicans are still Donald Trump’s party, and they can still win
226. The world that the West built after Pearl Harbour is cracking
227. Omicron looks ominous. How bad is it likely to be?
228. As America retreats, regional rogues are on the rise
229. Governments are not going to stop getting bigger
230. Vladimir Putin has shifted from autocracy to dictatorship
231. The Democrats’ social-spending package cannot repair the American Dream
232. Many more Africans are migrating within Africa than to Europe
235. Creating the new hydrogen economy is a massive undertaking
237. The decline of Britain’s stockmarket should be seen in a broader historical context
238. AUKUS reshapes the strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific
239. Adventures in DeFi-land
241. How America wasted its unipolar moment
242. How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?
243. Left-wing activists are using old tactics in a new assault on liberalism
244. America’s flight from Afghanistan will embolden jihadists around the world
245. From Saigon to Kabul: what America’s Afghan fiasco means for the world
246. China’s future economic potential hinges on its productivity
247. Open-source intelligence challenges state monopolies on information
248. The prospects for developing countries are not what they once were
249. Three degrees of global warming is quite plausible and truly disastrous
250. Joe Biden is determined that China should not displace America
251. Will surprisingly high global inflation last?
252. The unvaccinated are at risk as evolution accelerates the covid-19 pandemic
254. Ransomware highlights the challenges and subtleties of cybersecurity
255. The bottlenecks which could constrain emission cuts
256. Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its footing?
257. Mexico’s populist president faces a crucial test in elections in June
258. How Israel and Hamas returned to armed conflict
259. There have been 7m-13m excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic
260. How can more covid-19 vaccines be made available?
261. The new rules of the “creator economy”
262. China’s growing military confidence puts Taiwan at risk
263. The Kremlin has isolated Russia’s economy
264. Vladimir Putin is growing ever more repressive as he loses support
265. Brexit has reinvigorated Scottish nationalism
266. The Kurdish spring did not happen
267. Europe’s radical economic response to covid-19
268. Why the EU’s covid-19 vaccination programme went wrong
269. Covid-19 vaccines have alerted the world to the power of RNA therapies
270. China is not just shackling Hong Kong, it is remaking it
271. Most democracies see only a limited role for supermajorities
272. The filibuster is an oddity that harms American democracy
273. Covid-19 has transformed the welfare state. Which changes will endure?
274. In no region is China’s influence felt more strongly than in South-East Asia
275. Joe Biden’s climate-friendly energy revolution
276. Vaccine hesitancy is putting progress against covid-19 at risk
277. When covid-19 vaccines meet the new variants of the virus
278. The search for ET hots up
280. Nuclear proliferation is not fast, but it is frightening
281. After the chaos of the Trump era, what can Joe Biden hope to achieve?
283. The great task
285. A surge in inflation looks unlikely
287. Narendra Modi threatens to turn India into a one-party state
288. Democracies must team up to take on China in the technosphere
289. An effective covid-19 vaccine is a turning point in the pandemic
290. Value investing is struggling to remain relevant
291. The second wave of covid-19 has sent much of Europe back into lockdown
292. President Trump’s criticisms of the world order had some merit
293. President Trump has had real achievements and a baleful effect
295. Social media’s struggle with self-censorship
296. Thailand’s king seeks to bring back absolute monarchy
297. What Ant Group’s IPO says about the future of finance
298. Joe Biden would not remake America’s economy
299. The covid-19 pandemic is worse than official figures show
300. America’s domination of oil and gas will not cow China
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