Meet the new boss: What it takes to be a CEO in the 2020s
The world this week
Leaders
Meet the new boss
What it takes to be a CEO in the 2020s
The rules of management are being ripped up. Bosses need to adapt
America’s presidential election
The Democratic primaries will be a contest between radicals and repairers
The repairers have the better case
Three strikes
Hong Kong’s economy is in peril, but its financial system is not
Its property market and finance industry are somewhat insulated from local worries
A tale of two elections
A rigged vote is overturned in Malawi. Why not in Congo?
Outsiders bet on Félix Tshisekedi to stabilise Congo. He is failing
Investing in rail
Why HS2 should go ahead
Britain is poised to decide whether to build an expensive new railway
Letters
On the Holocaust, #MeToo, diplomacy, Russia, mosques, Portugal, sporting metaphors
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Iowa overShadowed
The shambolic Iowa caucuses did little to unite the Democrats
They were good for Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, bad for Joe Biden
Take me to a leader
Corporate headhunters are more powerful than ever
The benefits of using them are hard to measure. They may be most useful as diplomats
Europe
The splintering states
A pact with the far right in Thuringia rattles German politics
The new Turks
Syrians are putting down roots in Turkey
The vagaries of memory
A museum in Russia for a man who never existed
From handguns to handouts
The rise of Sinn Fein, an Irish party that once espoused violence
Green tomorrow
Why every Norwegian ecowarrior has 200,000 petrodollars
Charlemagne
The parable of the plug
Britain
EU-UK negotiations
The risk of Britain leaving the EU with no trade deal remains high
Courting fame
Why aristocrats are flocking to the creative arts
Urban infrastructure
How HS2 will transform a forlorn part of London
Bagehot
Cummings v the blob
Middle East & Africa
Not much to celebrate
Félix Tshisekedi has accomplished little in Congo
Conscious coupling
More Africans are marrying spouses of different ethnicities
Let’s do this again
A historic day for Malawi’s democracy
Mimicking the mullahs
The Houthi model of government
United States
What he did, not what he said
What Donald Trump has done with the biggest budget in Washington
Living free
Waiting for Bernie in New Hampshire
Beautifying government
Donald Trump threatens to bring his taste to government buildings
Lexington
Trump unbound
The Americas
Rafael Correa in court
Ecuador’s trial of the century opens
Wine whinge
The costs of Colombia’s closed economy
Asia
Brain v prawn
How artificial shrimps could change the world
The chips are down
The Japanese government wants to build three flashy casinos
International
Run, don’t walk
The race to produce a vaccine for the latest coronavirus
Special report
China’s Belt and Road
China wants to put itself back at the centre of the world
Of belts and roads
How the Belt and Road Initiative got its name
The digital Silk Road
The digital side of the Belt and Road Initiative is growing
Business
Goldilocks and the three bears
After a nervy year America Inc has a bounce in its step
Fast and furious
Tesla gains $60bn in market value in a week
Time for an update
Talk of succession atop Big Tech grows louder
Buy and sell tax-and-spend
Why India’s annual budget is a powerful market force
Golden retrievers
Gold companies try to restore their sparkle
Finance & economics
A train of troubles
Just how stable is Hong Kong’s economy?
Contagion effects
What the coronavirus means for financial markets
Knocking off work
Traders lose interest in America’s jobs report
Market making
Why Intercontinental Exchange wants to buy eBay
Small change
Ujjivan is a rare bright spot in Indian finance
Free exchange
Economists discover the power of social norms
Science & technology
Culture
Sounding the alarm
A new wave of French films tackle social problems and taboos
Marriage story
The temptations of Tolstoy, on the page and in the flesh
Tales of a city
A mystery that uncovers the underside of modern India
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Sad songs say so much
Data from Spotify suggest that listeners are gloomiest in February
Obituary
Logger turned saviour