Leaders
The energy shock
Europe’s winter of discontent
Even as temperatures soar Europe faces a bitter energy crisis later this year
American politics
The Democrats need to wake up and stop pandering to their extremes
For the good of America, the governing party urgently needs to take on its own activists
After Abe
Japan should stay true to Abe Shinzo’s vision—up to a point
Kishida Fumio, the prime minister, should follow Mr Abe’s pragmatism, not his nationalism
British understatement
Britain’s Conservatives seem oblivious to the coming budget crunch
It is a bad time to be increasing deficits to pay for tax cuts
Post-quantum solace
What to do now about tomorrow’s code-cracking computers
A future-proof way to encrypt sensitive data is now available. Put it to use
Let them wed
The Catholic Church should scrap the requirement for priestly celibacy
It would help it recruit clerics who do not abuse children
Letters
On pumped-storage hydropower, the Republicans, corporate governance, consultants, America’s national anthem, writing, moustaches
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Education in America
Banning critical race theory in schools is unjustified, argues Jason Stanley
Briefing
Peak progressive
Democrats in America are realising they must moderate or die
The prospect of defeat in the mid-terms and beyond is moving many away from their most radical ideas
Europe
Winter is coming
Europe is preparing for Russian gas to be cut off this winter
The price is wrong
Turkey grapples with triple-digit inflation
Charlemagne
Down with long school summer breaks
Britain
Trust exercise
The Conservative Party after Boris Johnson
A fresh narrative
Conservative candidates reveal “the British dream”
The interregnum
Boris Johnson still has plans for his last weeks in office
Demographic change
Britain is ageing slower than other countries, and in a good way
Pick your battles
The British Army has a new focus and outdated equipment
The play’s not the only thing
Shakespeare and the revival of Prescot
United States
Schools for scandal
“Critical race theory” is being weaponised. What’s the fuss about?
Writing on the wall
New York City is a graffiti mecca for some tourists
The department of economic terminology
Even if GDP shrinks, America may officially avoid a downturn. For now
Rest in pieces
Georgia loses a bizarre landmark
Middle East & Africa
Voyage to nowhere
What does the Middle East offer America?
The blockade generation
Young Palestinians in Gaza cannot find work and cannot leave
Kenya’s wild north
Can elephants and rhinos coexist with livestock and their owners?
A legacy of looting
José Eduardo dos Santos, who plundered Angola, has died
The Americas
Trump of the tropics
Might Jair Bolsonaro try to steal Brazil’s election?
Asia
Staying the course
Abe Shinzo’s policies will live on, but may be enacted more slowly
Midnight plane to Malé
Sri Lanka’s president flees, leaving the country in chaos
Politics takes atoll
The Pacific Islands Forum is derailed by a high-profile withdrawal
The way the wind blows
Intra-party feuding distracts South Korea’s president
China
Heading down a dangerous path
Xi Jinping has nurtured an ugly form of Chinese nationalism
Send in the thugs
A violent response to protests in China’s Henan province
Title towns
How “civilised” are China’s model cities?
International
Sex abuse and the church
Catholic reformers want big changes to a church marred by sex abuse
Business
When the chips are way down
After a turbocharged boom, are chipmakers in for a supersize bust?
Blocked and reported
With or without Elon Musk, Twitter is overdue a shake-up
Fighting the power
The man with a plan to fix Eskom
The high cost of low pressure
Can Deutschland AG cope with the Russian gas shock?
Finance & economics
When maturity misleads
How higher interest rates will squeeze government budgets
The visible hand
The ECB’s masterplan to manipulate markets
Abenomics After Abe
The legacy of Abe Shinzo will shape Japan’s economy for years
Science & technology
Cryptography and quantum computers
How to preserve secrets in a quantum age
I’m in heaven
The James Webb Space Telescope opens for business
Green-sky thinking
Modified bacterial fungicides may propel the planes of the future
A pour decision
Bottling white wine in clear glass is an error
Protein shake-up
Why elephants so rarely get cancer
Culture
Our summer reading lists
Our correspondents recommend the best books on their beats
They stooped to conquer
The Normans changed the face of Europe and the Middle East
Grotesque fiction
“Lapvona” is Ottessa Moshfegh’s strangest novel yet
From El-Salam to the world
Egypt’s authorities want to crack down on mahraganat
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
Can tax cuts boost Britain’s lacklustre economy?
The Economist explains
What makes a global financial centre?
Obituary
Tracking the samurai