Leaders
Russia advances in Donbas
How to win Ukraine’s long war
After doing well early in the war, Ukraine is losing ground. What next?
Rights and wrongs
The Supreme Court’s judicial activism will deepen cracks in America
The country needs to find a better way of resolving its thorniest issues
Global business centres
The biggest risks to Singapore’s primacy in Asian finance are at home
The pecking order of financial centres is changing
Mexico’s shame
Staggering numbers of Mexicans are vanishing. Here’s how to save them
End the war on drugs, and investigate disappearances properly
Letters
On artificial intelligence, greener buildings, inventory cycles, the subjunctive, cheap wine
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
The long war
Does a protracted conflict favour Russia or Ukraine?
Ukraine is counting on its Western allies; Vladimir Putin is counting on them to lose heart
Europe
Back in business
NATO holds its most important summit for decades
Nest of vipers
The battle for Snake Island
The quiet German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes taciturnity to new levels
Changing priorities
The war is forcing Russia’s Balkan friends to recalibrate
Jacket, tie, nationalism
Fresh faces on the far right and left fill France’s parliament
Britain
Under the deep green sea
The North Sea has fuelled Britain for 50 years. What next?
Getting picky
Which vegetable is the easiest for a robot to pick?
Britain’s growth crisis
British child care is expensive
The 2021 census
Inner London’s population is much lower than expected
Off the counter
Boots is an iconic British brand that no one really wants
United States
After Roe v Wade
The fallout from overturning Roe
Supreme Court wrap
SCOTUS, an end-of-term report
Win one, lose one
America moves in conflicting directions on gun laws
Sink or swim
Where have all the lifeguards gone?
Trust in the vote
Trump truthers are vying to run America’s local elections
Lexington
The courage of Cassidy Hutchinson
Middle East & Africa
Digital stevedores
Africa’s mobile money agents face an uncertain future
One shield to guard them all?
Israel’s unexpected military alliance in the Gulf
Bristling with power
Why Iraqi moustaches are making a comeback
The Americas
The drug war
At least 100,000 people are missing in Mexico
Asia
On the edge
Will Laos default on its debt?
Feeling the chill
India arrests two opponents of the government
Indomitable valley
Resistance to the Taliban resumes in north-eastern Afghanistan
China
Three steps to heaven
Some Chinese want their country to move closer to communism
Holes in the great firewall
As censorship in China increases, VPNs are becoming more important
Speakeasies v snitches
Getting around covid controls in Shanghai
International
Severe complications
Around the world, bans do not make abortion much rarer
Business
After the feast, the fast
The great Silicon Valley shake-out
State capital
The rise of China’s VC-industrial complex
Traditional medicine
The pandemic is boosting sellers of traditional medicine
The Sakhalin exception
Japanese energy firms cling on to their Russian assets
Bartleby
Beach reads for business folk
Finance & economics
A tale of three cities
The battle between Asia’s financial centres is heating up
Power outrage
Can Europe keep the lights on this winter?
The top of the hill
Why inflation looks likely to stay above the pre-pandemic norm
Creeping controls
The latest desperate attempt to prop up the Turkish lira
Sweet deals
The allure of betting on mergers
Free exchange
The case for strong and silent central banks
Science & technology
Neuroscience
How neurons really work is being elucidated
Friendship and scent
Friends smell like one another
Faecal transplants
People bank blood. Why not faeces?
Culture
No more “Swan Lake”
A Ukrainian ballerina goes to war
Mexican fiction
A transfixing tale of motherhood and friendship
Survivor’s rage
Rudolf Vrba escaped from Auschwitz to warn the world
Regulating tech
A wise manifesto for digital democracy
Eyes wide shut
Michael Armitage tells urgent stories in art
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Positive discrimination
Young children may benefit from having more male teachers
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
How consumer drones are changing warfare
The Economist explains
