Leaders
Geopolitics and energy
Why energy insecurity is here to stay
The war will speed the shift from petrostates to new electrostates
Escaping zero-covid
China must eventually learn to live with the coronavirus
It has a lot of work to do first
Ukraine’s backers
For all America’s success in helping Ukraine, hard times lie ahead
Joe Biden must hold together a fractious coalition
Long walk to free trade
Africa’s ambitious trade plan needs to speed up
Non-tariff barriers hinder commerce even more than tariffs
Letters
On Vladimir Putin and the West, private equity, Richard Nixon, company cults
Letters to the editor
Briefing
The war in Ukraine
An uncertain outlook across Ukraine
Russia’s atrocities in Mariupol have not brought it closer to victory. But they have not yet spread farther afield, either
Reactionary, obscurantist and having a day in the sun
The new Russian cult of war
It has been growing unnoticed for some time
Europe
The concert of Europe
The EU’s unity over Ukraine has given it surprising heft
Seeds of discontent
Voters seek an alternative to Macron in blighted France
From the third Rome to the second
Istanbul has become a refuge for thousands of Russians escaping Putin
Britain
The spring statement
Rishi Sunak wants to be known as a tax-cutting chancellor
All in a lather
Machines are once again doing the car-washing in Britain
Prayers answered
Hong Kongers are boosting Britain’s church numbers
Copy, paste, repeat
Britain’s next nuclear plant will be identical to one under construction
Snitches and witches
How activists and charities embed contested ideologies on campus
Middle East & Africa
Springtime for Bashar
Syria’s outcast dictator returns to the Arab world
The sands they are a-swirling
Morocco scents victory in Western Sahara
The resilience of rhinoplasty
Plastic surgeons make a bundle despite Lebanon’s economic crisis
United States
Great-power politics
In Ukraine, Biden must relearn Truman’s lessons from the cold war
Madeleine Albright
America’s first female secretary of state has died of cancer, aged 84
Symbols in sports
The debate about Native American-themed team names goes local
The United States of Amazon
What happens when Amazon comes to town
The Americas
Invest or squander?
Guyana’s tiny population braces for a gusher of petrodollars
Bowling maidens over
Why cricket is gaining popularity in Brazil
Asia
Beyond the boundary
How the IPL reflects India’s strengths—and weaknesses
Horrible histories
A new film on Kashmir has found a fan in Narendra Modi
China
Lockdown legions
The extraordinary manpower behind China’s zero-covid strategy
Salvation through selfie
How narcissistic youth might help struggling Chinese booksellers
International
New cold war, new compromises
How Vladimir Putin provokes—and complicates—the struggle against autocracy
Business
The future of business travel
A guide to your next business trip
Surge pricing
How companies use AI to set prices
The Zoom lift
Botox and other injectable cosmetics are booming
Shark attack
What “Shark Tank” says about Indian capitalism
New kids in the bloc
Will the Digital Markets Act help Europe breed digital giants?
Finance & economics
Full metal jackpot
The transition to clean energy will mint new commodity superpowers
A volatile mix
Three big uncertainties cloud the oil market
Departing thoughts
Why foreign investors are feeling jittery about China
Coming of age
Millennial demand helps stoke the housing boom
Science & technology
Pint-sized power stations
Developers of small modular reactors hope their time has come
Ukraine’s internet connectivity
The degrading treatment of Ukraine’s internet
Loitering munitions
Baguette-sized flying bombs are about to enter service in Ukraine
Culture
Understanding Russia’s president
Writers have grappled with Vladimir Putin for two decades
When stars collide
The lives and love of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
Home Entertainment
Secluded in his library, Montaigne looked inwards for inspiration
Keep it in the family
The Sassoons were once Asia’s top business dynasty
Johnson
A guide to renamed cities
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Starting to bite
Russian consumers are already feeling the cost of war
Obituary
The girl who loved reading