Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy
The world this week
Leaders
Superpowers and technology
Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy
America cannot afford to ignore China’s semiconductor ambitions. It cannot simply tame them, either
Rookie errors
AMLO, Mexico’s president-elect, is sending worrying signals
Andrés Manuel López Obrador has bad ideas and worse plans for implementing them
The great inaction
Why is climate change so hard to tackle?
A problem of unprecedented scope and intractability, to which current responses are unequal
Unholy alliance
Carlos Ghosn’s arrest shows the merits of a carmakers’ merger
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance is tarnished for good
The baby crisperer
The era of human gene-editing may have begun. Why that is worrying
A Chinese scientist claims to have edited the genomes of twin baby girls
Letters
Letters
Letters to the editor
Briefing
The chips are down
The semiconductor industry and the power of globalisation
Superpower politics may start to unravel it
Europe
Sea of troubles
Explaining the naval clash between Russia and Ukraine
Change, but not too much
The race to succeed Angela Merkel
Let Polish pollsters poll
Social media makes a joke of Poland's ban on surveys near elections
Sound of silence
#MeToo in Turkey
Britain
The knights who say Brexit
Government whips use the honours system to manage tricky MPs
Brexit and the economy
How to make yourself poorer
Crash, bang, wallow
Britain’s cautious coppers unveil a tough new tactic
Can you dig it?
Why archaeologists love HS2
Vanguard of the Clubcard
Should customers help to set bosses’ pay?
The promised land
Scottish islanders are buying out their lairds
Middle East & Africa
A battle within a battle
The struggle to get Ebola vaccine to rebel-held areas of Congo
A host of problems
How Qatar is preparing for the World Cup, despite an Arab embargo
Walking on desalinated water
Can the Sea of Galilee be saved?
The sands time forgot
A new push to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara
United States
Safe as houses
The housing market is having a wobble
The Doomsday book
A government report outlines what a warmer world means for America
Medieval liberties
SCOTUS considers asset forfeiture
Death, destruction and investment
Puerto Rico is slowly recovering
Lakeshore views
Machine politics as Illinois marks its 200th birthday
The Americas
El Estado soy yo
AMLO will be the most powerful Mexican president in decades
Pencil, ruler, gay kit
Brazil’s classrooms become a battleground in a culture war
Asia
A cleric for all seasons
Indonesia’s president picks a Muslim scholar as his running mate
Room for improvement
A decade after the Mumbai attacks, India remains vulnerable
Victorian values
A state election signals disaster for Australia’s ruling party
China
Dodgers on notice
Why only 2% of Chinese pay any income tax
International
Protect and survive
Indigenous peoples across the world no longer seem doomed to extinction
Of soldiers and game fish
Brazilian Indians are learning to live with the state
Special report
Technology Quarterly
Conquering carbon dioxide
What would it take to decarbonise the global economy?
The (relatively) easy part
Mass electrification is possible
Brain scan
John Goodenough
Heavy transport
Lorries can help deliver the hydrogen economy
Decarbonising industry
How to get the carbon out of industry
Decarbonised capitalism
From hot air to action
Business
Battery farming
Can the world produce enough cobalt for electric vehicles?
Chief Executed Officers
Poland’s state-owned giants cope with unprecedented turnover
Bartleby
Working for a purpose
Last-chance saloon
GM prepares to close five factories, attracting Donald Trump’s ire
Good times in Grainville
Russia has emerged as an agricultural powerhouse
Clout and reach
Why Barclays and Standard Chartered should merge
Finance & economics
Ready, set, sort of
Financial firms have quietly prepared for Brexit
The future of contracts
Europe makes contingency plans for clearing-houses after Brexit
Riding the rollercoaster
Bitcoin has lost most of its value this year
Verdant and vibrant
Green asset classes are proliferating
Science & technology
Genetically modified human beings
A maverick researcher claims to have created GM children
Target in sight
A probe lands on Mars
Arachnid parenting
A species of spider that suckles its young
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
A vast study seeks to understand the genetic underpinnings of ADHD
Culture
The big read
The Economist’s books of the year
A short history of moonlighting
Books by The Economist’s writers
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Aux armes, citoyens!
Europeans sour on elites and the EU, but agree on little else
Obituary
One small town in Syria