Leaders
Roadworthy in ’24?
The man supposed to stop Donald Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old
In failing to look past Joe Biden, Democrats have shown cowardice and complacency
Mayhem in the Middle East
Binyamin Netanyahu is botching the war. Time to sack him
To be safe, Israel needs new leadership
Stockmarkets
Is America’s raging bull market exhausted, or taking a breath?
Investors have a slight hangover
Towering ambition
Can India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia be the next great economies?
Several countries are making bold—and risky—bets on growth
Is Putin winning?
How backing Ukraine is key to the West’s security
And why its leaders need to start saying so
Letters
On income inequality, Russia and Denmark, mental health, Mondays
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Biden or bust
Joe Biden’s chances do not look good. The Democrats have no plan B
It is too late to hold a competitive primary to allow a better candidate to emerge
Britain
The Great Rewiring
Britain needs an unprecedented expansion of the electricity grid
Bowling over?
Lawn bowls is in decline. Can it make a comeback?
Europe
Battle of wills
A New Year’s interview with Volodymyr Zelensky
Cancelkulturkampf
Some German Jews say their country goes too far defending Israel
Get them while they’re young
The simmering row over Spanish-language teaching in Catalan schools
United States
SCOTUS and voters
A clash over Trump’s disqualification tests the Supreme Court
Handle with care
American pollsters aren’t sure they have fixed the flaws of 2020
The Gay divorce
The decline and fall of Harvard’s president
Do not despair
The deaths-of-despair narrative is out of date
Lexington
How to win the culture war
Middle East & Africa
Israel’s northern front
Another war could break out on the Israel-Lebanon border
The constitutional crisis can wait
Israel’s Supreme Court strikes back
A storm over a port
Ethiopia’s gambit for a port is unsettling a volatile region
They voted, sort of
A thumping win for Tshisekedi in Congo’s election raises eyebrows
The Americas
Until forever, failing
Cuba’s private-sector experiment is faltering
Hacker heaven
Why is Brazil a hotspot for financial crime?
Asia
Turning unPacific?
America braces for Taiwan’s election—and vice versa
Going for the jugular
Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s opposition leader, survives a stabbing
Off to a dire start
A major earthquake in Japan highlights the country’s resilience
China
Here be dragons
Xi Jinping and China face another tough year
China is going downhill
Millions of Chinese have embraced skiing
Business
Machine of the state
Welcome to the era of AI nationalism
Life ACWAtic
Saudi Arabia has an unlikely solar star
The Gulf between them
Can Sino-Arabian business ties replace Sino-American ones?
Finance & economics
Paths to prosperity
How to get rich in the 21st century
Still energised
Has America really escaped inflation?
Falling short
American stocks loiter near an all-time high
Free exchange
Robert Solow was an intellectual giant
Science & technology
Big Bangalore theory
Moon landing apart, Indian science punches far below its weight
Culture
Beyond the screen
Hollywood studios are finding new ways to bring stories to life
The art of over-sharing
Social media’s online diarists have a long lineage
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
By Invitation
The Economist reads
The Economist reads
What to read and watch about Bangladesh
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
How art is used against artists, like Young Thug, in court
The Economist explains