Leaders
The real threat from Europe’s hard right
A fresh wave of hard-right populism is stalking Europe
In Germany, the AfD are weaponising climate change
When robots do research
How artificial intelligence can revolutionise science
Consider the historical precedents
One country, 28 systems
Modi’s “one India” goal is good for the economy, but not for politics
In the next decade regional tensions will build in India
When Kim met Putin
The dangers posed by a deal between Russia and North Korea
It would make life harder for Ukraine—and heighten nuclear risks in Asia
Incentives matter
Why are so many Britons not working?
Don’t blame covid or NHS waiting lists. The problem is the welfare system
Letters
On Germany’s economy, Gandhi, the slave trade, attacking the Assad regime, the hobby lobby
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Israel and the Palestinians
Martin Indyk reflects on the Oslo accords, 30 years on
Germany’s economy
Robert Habeck responds to The Economist’s “sick man of Europe” cover
Briefing
Swell of pride
The hard right is getting closer to power all over Europe
It does not need to join governments to affect policymaking
Britain
Britain and China
A spy for China in Britain’s Parliament?
Local government crisis
Why more English councils will go bust
Prisons in Britain
The (not so) great escape
New universities
Britain’s surprising, upstart universities
Europe
Staying the course
Donald Trump will “never” support Putin, says Volodymyr Zelensky
Not so Nazi
Ukraine’s small Jewish community is thriving
Running with wolves
Germany’s rampant hard-right AfD puts other parties in a fix
United States
Striking times
Joe Biden’s love of unions runs into a giant strike
Raising the alarm-clock
America’s school day starts too early. That’s beginning to change
A Prozac moment?
Drugs to treat alcohol addiction are underused
Crypto cowboys
Wyoming wants to become America’s crypto capital
Before the firing squad
Texas Republicans may oust Ken Paxton, one of their own
Middle East & Africa
Earth and water
The lethal negligence of politicians in Morocco and Libya
A court of their own
The judge and the attorney-general fighting for Israeli democracy
Long road to nowhere
The Oslo accords were always doomed to fail
Kenya, Africa’s climate laboratory
Kenya wants to pioneer a new African approach to global warming
Snarling or smiling
Kenya’s president, William Ruto, shows two sides
The Americas
Asia
One nation under Modi
Narendra Modi is widening India’s fierce regional divides
Otterly loriculus
Hornbills, otters and even a tapir: Singapore is rewilding
Desperate despots
Why is Vladimir Putin looking to North Korea for arms?
China
Assimilation game
China’s push to create a single national identity
Singing in the ruin
A Chinese opera star’s ode to Russia—from a Ukrainian bomb site
International
Counsels of war
Are Ukraine’s tactics working?
Business
Survival guide
The plucky firms that are beating big tech
Search in the dock
A showdown between the DoJ and Google begins
New battlegrounds
Apple is only the latest casualty of the Sino-American tech war
Inspecting under the bonnet
Chinese carmakers are under scrutiny in Europe
Finance & economics
Keep digging
How to avoid a green-metals crunch
Buttonwood
Why diamonds are losing their allure
Whatever it wants
Has the European Central Bank become too powerful?
Free exchange
Does China face a lost decade?
Science & technology
AI Science (1)
How scientists are using artificial intelligence
Robot scientists
Could AI transform science itself?
Culture
Scare-brained
How fear has shaped human affairs
Of ties and lies
Conspiracy theorists are obsessed with the Rothschild family
Messiah, menace or both?
Impulsive and self-destructive: Elon Musk as depicted in a new book
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Measure for measure
Global democratic backsliding seems real, even if it is hard to measure
Obituary
Rules in the millions