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The world this week
The World Ahead
The World Ahead
The World Ahead 2024
Leaders
War in Ukraine
Putin seems to be winning the war in Ukraine—for now
His biggest asset is Europe’s lack of strategic vision
Blue-collar bonanza
A new age of the worker will overturn conventional thinking
Around the rich world, wage gaps are shrinking
Israel and Hamas
How America should manage the next stage of the Gaza war
For the sake of Israel and a two-state solution, America has to get tougher with its ally
A planet-cooking gas
What the world must do to tame methane
The world needs a deal during COP28 to limit a nasty source of emissions
Superpower politics
What does Henry Kissinger’s diplomacy have to teach the world?
A grasp of the subtle interplay between interests, values and the use of force is still useful
Debt break
Germany is in a bizarre fiscal mess of its own making
Three steps to resolve the fiscal panic
Letters
On cars in America, Spain, Indian whisky, “King Lear”, Belgium, dinner etiquette
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
COP28: host of questions
Rhys Davies and Ben Keith argue that the UAE is a tainted COP host
Briefing
For the fatherland
How Putin is reshaping Russia to keep his war-machine running
He is creating a class of wealthy bureaucrats, who are the war’s biggest supporters
Britain
Policing by consent
How to restore Britons’ confidence in the police
Ode to an avenue
The Dark Hedges are dying
The Brutish museum?
Why is the British Museum always in trouble?
The agony and the Cleggstasy
The curious case of Nick Clegg
Europe
More blood, less treasure
Ukraine’s new enemy: war fatigue in the West
Where there’s a Wil Ders a way
Geert Wilders struggles towards power in the Netherlands
Stop killing women
Outrage against femicide is spreading in Italy
Charlemagne
How a sombre mood gripped Europe
United States
Trumpier than thou
A MAGA court in New Orleans is shaping the Supreme Court’s agenda
An affordable dare act
A key part of Obamacare is in jeopardy
Chasing the American dream
Is it cheaper to rent or buy property?
The prisoner dilemma
What to do about an uptick in Americans unjustly held abroad
A full-fat fiasco
A national milk-carton shortage sours America’s dairy industry
The opioid-maker controversy
The Supreme Court may toss out Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement
Middle East & Africa
All quiet on the Gaza front
Israel’s truce with Hamas is drawing to a close
Climate finance (1)
Could carbon credits be Africa’s next big export?
Climate finance (2)
African leaders want debt relief for climate action
The Americas
Asia
What’s yours is mine
The insidious campaign to demolish mosques in India
Plain stupa
Sri Lankans are squabbling over monuments
Baby-making
Japan needs more sperm donors
China
The big climate question
Will China save the planet or destroy it?
Going fission (and fusion)
China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country
International
Islamism on the edge
A religious revolution is under way in the Middle East
Business
An outside chance
How to succeed—and fail—as a foreign business in India
Electric curmudgeons
Is America’s EV revolution stalling?
Swedish strikes
Elon Musk v labour unions: Sweden edition
Finance & economics
Labour markets
Welcome to a golden age for workers
Property pain
China edges towards a big bail-out
Free exchange
Why economists are at war over inequality
Science & technology
The other greenhouse gas
Politics and technology are pushing oil firms to cut methane
Termination shock?
Do rising methane levels herald a climate feedback loop?
Forty thousand winks near the sea
Why chinstrap penguins sleep thousands of times a day
Culture
Film-making in China
Two film awards reveal the battle for the future of Chinese cinema
Digital art
Museums are learning to love NFTs
A sound grasp
These are The Economist’s favourite podcasts of 2023
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
What does it take to expel an American congressman?
The Economist explains
Who are the Palestinians in Israel’s prisons?
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