Leaders
Russia
The humbling of Vladimir Putin
The Wagner mutiny exposes the Russian tyrant’s growing weakness. But don’t count him out yet
Hard truths about green growth
How misfiring environmentalism risks harming the world’s poor
The trade-off between development and climate change is impossible to avoid
AI and productivity
The widespread adoption of AI by companies will take a while
For the technology to make its mark on productivity, even mediocre firms will need to make the leap
Half-marks for Indian education
Can India educate its vast workforce?
Poor schools put the economic boom at risk
Don’t be a flaggard. Raise your standards!
How to design better flags
Some tips to avoid having an embarrassing emblem
Letters
On Turkey’s economy, Microsoft, jargon, Botswana, older workers, Harry Potter
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Out of the frying pan
The surprising upside of climate migration
To adapt to climate change, people will move. The results will not be all bad
United States
Gen C-Suite
What the rise of student consulting clubs means
Recovery for a broken heart
In North Carolina a jilted husband can sue his wife’s lover
A victory for democracy
The Supreme Court declines to upend American election law
Lexington
AI is making Washington smarter
The Americas
The parsimonious populist
AMLO’s austerity has hurt Mexico
Seeds of hope
Guatemala’s election produces a pleasant surprise
Maggie in the making
If Venezuela’s elections were fair, this would be the front-runner
Asia
Missing the mark
Narendra Modi’s ultimate test—educating 265m pupils
Best in class
Why are Vietnam’s schools so good?
Closing Pandora’s box
Ethnic conflict drags on in Manipur in India’s north-east
China
Bringing up the past
Why China is so keen to salvage shipwrecks in the South China Sea
Nonne intellegis?
To understand Xi Jinping, it helps to be steeped in the classics
Middle East & Africa
Wagner in Africa
What next for Wagner’s African empire?
Not so transparent
Sierra Leone’s president is re-elected in the first round
Don’t care too much for money
After years of talks, indebted Arab states and the IMF are at an impasse
Europe
The time of troubles
The Wagner mutiny has left Putin dangerously exposed
Party like it’s 1917
Can Ukraine capitalise on chaos in Russia?
Back in triumph
Kyriakos Mitsotakis returns to the Greek prime minister’s office
Kosovo rumbles again
Ethnic Serbs and Albanians are at each others’ throats
Back to the centre
Spanish voters seem to hanker after stable centrist government
Britain
Crime and pointless punishment
Why short prison sentences in England and Wales are a disaster
Buyers’ remorse
As Britons grow more unhappy with Brexit, what happens next?
Navigation
Lighthouse lights are losing their sweep
British intelligence
The boss of Britain’s spies speaks
Britain’s badly fed kids
Are young children in Britain getting smaller?
Business
Too close for comfort
South Korea’s government and business are over-close
Traders of a lost art
Indiana Jones and the fedora boom
Gone with the wind
Siemens’s wind-turbine business is blown off course
Finance & economics
Development v climate
The choice between a poorer today and a hotter tomorrow
Blow the whistle
New forms of debt restructuring reward bad behaviour
Too little or too late
Financial sanctions may not deter China from invading Taiwan
Sichuan pep
How to escape China’s property crisis
Pump prizes
How Russia dodges diesel sanctions
Free exchange
The working-from-home illusion fades
Science & technology
Ripples in the sky
A new gravitational-wave detection has excited astronomers
The forgotten pandemic
A new TB vaccine could save 8.5m lives over the next quarter of a century
The easy problem is not so easy
Thousands of species of animals probably have consciousness
Culture
Bethink yourselves!
Used and abused by Russian rulers, Tolstoy has always resisted
World in a dish
The curious, anaesthetising charm of Sichuan peppers
Rethinking German history
Seeing Germany’s past through a “global lens” revises it
The art of theft
The amazing tale of one of the world’s most prolific art thieves
Back Story
The secrets of Indiana Jones
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Saturday afternoon fever
Sunday brunch is the new Friday night
Obituary
Her working life
Glenda Jackson left acting for politics—and then returned
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
What happened when Russia’s air force attacked Wagner’s rebels?
The Economist explains
How much power does Alexander Lukashenko have?
The Economist reads
The Economist reads