Leaders
The overstretched CEO
How to run a business in a dangerous and disorderly world
Bosses are being pulled in all directions by tough new rules of the game. How should they respond?
Make Ukraine’s grain Russia’s loss
The world should not let Vladimir Putin abandon the grain deal
Here is how to get him to sign up again
A sad day
Israel has lurched closer to constitutional chaos
But there are still ways to step back from the brink
A spell of sunshine
The world’s poor need to know about weather disasters ahead of time
Three things need to be done to make the most of meteorology’s potential
Britain’s aid policy
Keir Starmer’s plans for aid and diplomacy could help define him
The Labour leader’s stance is a test of his priorities
Letters
On manufacturing, Donald Trump, the Anthropocene, the Palestinian Lions’ Den, Greek gods, London’s Elizabeth line, superforecasts
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Ukraine, Russia and reparations
Lawrence Summers, Philip Zelikow and Robert Zoellick on why Russian reserves should be used to help Ukraine
Britain
Foreign policy
Britain has blown its reputation as a world leader in aid
Britain’s banks and political risk
Nigel Farage, NatWest and a political storm
The politics of ULEZ
London’s latest effort to clear bad air is contested but necessary
Bank of England
How high should Britain’s interest rates go?
Europe
The France that works
Beneath France’s revolts, hidden success
Cold cases
Ukraine’s missile cemetery
Law and order poolside
Germany tries to stop brawls in public swimming pools
United States
Sticker shocker
American universities have an incentive to seem extortionate
Legacy problems
The making of America’s Ivy League elite
Destroyer of worlds
Oppenheimer’s secret city is a shrine to the Manhattan Project
Child influencers
Regulation could disrupt the booming “kidfluencer” business
$ marks the spot
The Biden administration embraces place-based industrial policy
Middle East & Africa
The Americas
Asia
Unsplendid isolation
Kim Jong Un has no desire to let his country rejoin the world
A little less conversation
South Korea has given up on talking to the North
China
Clues to a conflict
Could economic indicators give an early warning of a war over Taiwan?
Qin Gang is gone
China’s missing foreign minister loses his job
International
Hunting for a breakthrough
The Ukrainian army commits new forces in a big southward push
Business
The dragon shows its claws
China hits back against Western sanctions
Lean innovation
Next-generation Googles run a tighter ship
Orchestral manoeuvres
Why your new EV is making funny noises
Finance & economics
Of great interest
America’s battle with inflation is about to get trickier
Turning up the heat
Soaring temperatures and food prices threaten violent unrest
Free exchange
Deflation is curbing China’s economic rise
Science & technology
Taming the chaos
The high-tech race to improve weather forecasting
Culture
The death of the hatchet job
Critics are getting less cruel. Alas
Rotten reporting on Russia
How Stalin’s scribbling stooges tricked Western readers
World in a dish
Confronting the dangers of ultra-processed food
America’s culture war
Christopher Rufo offers a history of the left
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Obituary
The last Romantic
André Watts took both Liszt and Schubert to his heart
1843 magazine
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
What will be the impact of India’s rice-export ban?
The Economist explains
Can superstars like Beyoncé or Taylor Swift spur inflation?
The Economist reads
Be a coach, not a martinet