21st century power: How clean energy will remake geopolitics
The world this week
Leaders
Off target
The ECB’s lack of credibility could hamstring Europe’s recovery
A strong currency is both cause and consequence of the ECB’s failures
Corporate contortions
Will TikTok survive?
The contortions at TikTok and Arm are an unfortunate sign of things to come
Amateurs to the rescue
Politicians should take citizens’ assemblies seriously
Panels of ordinary people can solve problems that the professionals fear to tackle
Women’s health
The pandemic shows a better way to handle abortion
It is safe and efficient for early terminations to take place at home
Letters
On dementia, the Beatles, scientific management
Letters to the editor
Briefing
The changing geopolitics of energy
America’s domination of oil and gas will not cow China
Being an importer of fossil fuels and an exporter of renewable technology is not so bad
Europe
Winning from death’s door
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s poisoned opposition leader, has a Siberian success
A law to fight Franco
The Spanish government proposes a new law on history
Anchors awry
Greece’s navy is in need of a refit
Charlemagne
Europe’s asylum compromise
Britain
Of moonshots and bus subsidies
How state aid became a Brexit deal-breaker
Up(load) the RA
The Troubles go from H-block to TikTok
Unusual employment
Why poor Britons in prosperous places are suffering
For God’s sake
What a huge religious monument reveals about Britain
Into the greyzone
Britain’s armed forces get ready for a revolution
Bagehot
Boris v the blue blob
Middle East & Africa
Ethnic tensions and state violence
Ethiopia’s democratic transition is in peril
How to spend it
Sensible budgets are not Ghana’s forte. But there is hope
A president who floats above the fray
Uganda’s ruling party is fractious and disorganised
End of the illusion
The Arab-Israeli conflict is fading
United States
The master’s bidding
Assessing Donald Trump’s use of the Homeland Security department
Et in arcadia achoo
The virus and America’s resort towns
Following the money
Reports that the president’s campaign faces a crisis are exaggerated
The Americas
Fight crime, not war
Why Colombia’s militarised police need reform
Bajan bye-bye
Barbados decides to dump the queen
Asia
Searching for Suga-san
Suga Yoshihide, Japan’s new prime minister, promises continuity
When will the real talks begin?
As America draws down its troops, Afghans clear their throats
Aggrieved Parti
A domestic worker takes on her Singaporean boss—and wins
Koalition politics
Koalas almost bring down an Australian state government
No island is an island
Referendums in the Pacific are attracting attention faraway
Covid? What covid?
A real-life Bollywood tragedy becomes a political farce
China
Washing away the tears
The bruised city of Wuhan has become a showcase for China
The landlords are back
The families of China’s pre-Communist elite remain privileged
International
Some assembly required
Citizens’ assemblies are increasingly popular
Special report
Business and climate change
The great disrupter
Physical impact
A grim outlook
Regulation
Costs of carbon
Carbon offsets
Cheap cheats
Legal risks
Guilty by emission
Technology
Green machines
The future
Directing the disruption
Business
Electric cars
Who will rule the Teslaverse?
Short circuit
Can Nikola become the next Tesla?
A less oily BP
How BP’s newish boss sees the future of fossil fuels
Integrating circuits
How Nvidia’s purchase of Arm could open new markets
Oracle’s Trump card
Who are the TikTok saga’s biggest winners?
Bartleby
How do you stop corporate fraud?
Steam engine in the cloud
How Snowflake raised $3bn in a record software IPO
Schumpeter
What is stakeholder capitalism?
Finance & economics
The 90% economy, revisited
Is the world economy recovering?
One-armed fighter
What is fuelling China’s economic recovery?
Continuity candidate
How would Joe Biden change America’s trade policy?
The meaning of green
What is the point of green bonds?
Women on Wall Street
How many of America’s top companies have a female CEO?
Shotgun wedding
Who will buy Borsa Italiana?
Science & technology
Planetary science
Scientists find possible signs of life in the clouds of Venus
Cloud computing
Davy Jones’s data-centre
Digital dominance
A new global ranking of cyber-power throws up some surprises
Culture
From Nollywood to Netflix
African entertainers are wowing global audiences
Banlieue cinema
A bold French film stirs controversy in America
A hateful beauty
Opera, Nazism and Richard Wagner’s painful legacy
Energy and politics
Daniel Yergin’s new survey of the world of energy
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Value judgment
The age-old strategy of buying cheap shares is faltering
Obituary
Getting to know the Sun