Briefing
A sticky predicament
Inflation is as corrosive to investing as it is to the real economy
The failure to quell it quickly will transform financial markets
Probing questions
Ukraine’s counter-offensive is gathering pace
Its army is mounting big pushes in the south and east
Ukraine’s D-Day
The geopolitical stakes of Ukraine’s counter-offensive
How to ensure Russia suffers a strategic defeat
The old and the zestless
It’s not just a fiscal fiasco: greying economies also innovate less
That compounds the problems of shrinking workforces and rising bills for health care and pensions
A bungled coup
Ron DeSantis has little chance of beating Donald Trump
Hopes of depriving the former president of the Republican nomination are fading
One hundred years of inquietude
Henry Kissinger explains how to avoid world war three
America and China must learn to live together. They have less than ten years
Chaguan
China learns to manage decline
Lessons from Yichun, a Chinese city where children are a rarity
History lessons
The fall of empires preys on Xi Jinping’s mind
As economic growth slows, so will the president’s anxiety
Mountain range
How soon and at what height will China’s economy peak?
Estimates vary, depending on assumptions about population, productivity and prices
Superpower showdown
China v America: how Xi Jinping plans to narrow the military gap
From subs to nukes he is adding firepower despite a slower economy