Leaders
War and farming
The coming food catastrophe
War is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger. Fixing that is everyone’s business
The meaning of membership
Why NATO should swiftly admit Sweden and Finland
Vladimir Putin has only himself to blame if his neighbours seek protection from his aggression
The tide goes out
The cryptocurrency sell-off has exposed those swimming naked
And investors are beginning to discriminate
State of disarray
America’s states are drifting apart over illegal immigration
Deepening fissures over the treatment of illegal immigrants
From asterisks to spiderwebs
Travel patterns have changed for good. Transport systems should, too
Enough with all the radii
Letters
On abortion, Jaroslav Hasek, doctors, Celtic, staff meetings
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Finance and economics
Claudia Sahm on what is driving inflation in America
Finance and economics
Angel Ubide expects inflation to subside if supply shocks fade
Finance and economics
Jón Steinsson believes that a painless disinflation is no longer plausible
Briefing
The food system in crisis
A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk
War, extreme weather and export controls are all contributing
Europe
Re-opening Odessa
The blockade of Ukraine’s ports is worsening world hunger
The relief of Kharkiv
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is running out of steam, again
Another blow for Mr Scholz
An upset in North Rhine-Westphalia unsettles Germany’s ruling coalition
Hemlock for hacks
Rows over press freedom overshadow Greece’s recent achievements
Britain
The road not taken
The future of public transport in Britain
The beat has changed
The wrong sort of police are being hired
Get with the program
How government IT systems affect the cost-of-living crisis in Britain
Silent as the grave
Too many Britons die from medical mistakes
Forgive us our trespasses
A radical group of ramblers roams the British countryside
United States
Keystone-cop politics
Republicans divide and Democrats unite in the Pennsylvania primaries
Politics and philosophy
America’s costliest House race and the ideology that made it so
Abortion and the left
Democrats are overreaching in their defence of abortion rights
Lexington
The quiet Ukraine consensus
Middle East & Africa
Too important to fail
Is weak governance harming the African Development Bank?
Back into the shadows
Ethiopia’s civil war has been bad news for press freedom
Rooting for change in Beirut
Lebanon’s shock election result shows deep anger at the elite
The Americas
From Escobar to cable cars
Medellín is an example of what Colombia could be
Asia
These new puritans
Burmese civilians are caught between the junta and the resistance
Pass the Kool-Aid
Myanmar’s resistance is at risk of believing its own propaganda
Last chance salon
Turkmenistan’s new president is clamping down on women’s freedoms
Fewer NIMBYs, more babies
Asia’s advanced economies now have lower birth rates than Japan
China
Nothing to see here
The UN’s human-rights chief is finally about to visit Xinjiang
Cardinal Zen’s cardinal sin
Hong Kong arrests a Catholic priest for siding with democrats
All eyes on Beijing
The Chinese capital tries to avoid a lockdown
International
The propaganda front
The Putin Show
Business
The Masa seesaw
After a bruising year, SoftBank braces for more pain
Trick or tweet?
Elon Musk, Twitter and an epic case of buyer’s remorse
A new foundation
Gautam Adani wants to cement his grip on India’s heavy industry
The great unSPACing
SPACs raised billions. As mergers dry up, we follow the money
Supermarket crash
Shares in America’s big retailers swoon
Bartleby
Making brainstorming better
Finance & economics
Recession watch
Global growth is slowing, but not stopping—yet
When bad data are good
Even China’s official economic figures look bleak
The infrastructure cracks
Why crypto’s bruising comedown matters
Buttonwood
Is China “uninvestible”?
Free exchange
How to unleash more investment in intangible assets
Science & technology
Carbon nanomaterials
The wonder material graphene may have found its killer app
Culture
Arrival of the interspecies
AI is changing the way people relate to other beings
A scoundrel’s life
The dark side of Casanova’s hedonism
Home Entertainment
Discover the charm of Wendell Berry’s rural tales
The English civil war
The pity and horror of “The Siege of Loyalty House”
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
That non-sinking feeling
The Brazilian Amazon has been a net carbon emitter since 2016
Obituary
The forgotten fire