Leaders
Crypto’s downfall
Is this the end of crypto?
The collapse of FTX has dealt a catastrophic blow to crypto’s reputation and aspirations
South-East Asia
Why Indonesia matters
Indonesia is back on the map. In the next decade it will only become more important
Is that light at the end of the tunnel
Investors are becoming too optimistic about the world economy
American inflation, Europe’s energy crisis and China’s zero-covid policy are still enormous problems
Keep calm and carry on
Russia needs a respite, so the West must help Ukraine fight on
The mishap in Poland should concentrate minds on tackling the cause of the conflict
Don’t smear the emir
In defence of Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup
It is a worthier venue for a big sporting event than other recent hosts
Splitting the climate bill
There is a better way to help poor countries fight climate change
Governments cannot pay for it all, but they can attract private capital
Letters
On Britain’s police, food as a weapon, inflation, innovation, abbreviations, Trumpery
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
Thousand-island progressing
Indonesia is poised for a boom—politics permitting
Inconsistent policymaking may yet undermine its progress
Crypto’s crisis
The failure of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried will leave deep scars
It is harder now to assert that crypto represents the future
EA Games
What Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall means for effective altruism
FTX’s implosion puts the movement in the spotlight
Europe
French politics
Emmanuel Macron’s tricky second term
Shelter from the storm
Ingenious ways of protecting civilians from Russian bombs
Not so nervous now
Germans are less anxious than you might think
Basque in the spotlight
Written Basque may be 1,000 years older than anyone thought
Charlemagne
A new migration crisis is brewing in Europe
Britain
Straps around the barrel
Strategic Command wants to bind Britain’s armed forces
Labour’s industrial policy
An interview with Britain’s shadow chancellor
Cross-channel relations
A tentative reset of Britain’s relationship with France
On the fifth day, errands
A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain
Bacc to the future
Is it time for England to kill off A-levels?
United States
Triumph of the normies
Quantifying the Trump effect
Bucking the trend
Oklahoma’s gay rodeo illustrates an important social phenomenon
Middle East & Africa
Saved by gas
Why Algeria’s rotten regime has been lucky
Artful dodgers
Iran’s protesters are painting for freedom
The cup runneth over
Qatar’s neighbours hope for a World Cup tourism boom
The parable of the African doughnut
Food inflation in Africa is shrinking portions
Back in business
Fifty years after expulsion, Asians are thriving again in Uganda
The Americas
Another pot of white gold
Argentina could help the world by becoming a big lithium exporter
Deep down in the crypto-dip
El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment is not paying off
Asia
Elephants in the long grass
How the rivalry between America and China worries South-East Asia
One steppe forward
Old politics in the “new Kazakhstan”
Modi and the judges
India’s new chief justice faces a trial of strength
Climate action
Indonesia’s tilt at King Coal
China
Posters of protest
Chinese students abroad take on their government
Shaky relations
America and China try to get along
Relax a little
China tweaks its zero-covid policy
International
The future of football
The Qatar World Cup shows how football is changing
Business
Changing the wheels
The race to reinvent the car industry
Chasing the ball
India’s hospitality workers head to the World Cup
Fleeing the nest
Alternatives to Twitter see an influx of users
Finance & economics
Persistent prices
Even a global recession may not bring down inflation
Buttonwood
The tenacity of ESG investing
Science & technology
Welcome to the vertiport
A new type of air terminal opens for flying taxis
A white elephant flies
The world’s most pointless rocket has been launched at last
Astronomy
A meteorite in the Cotswolds
Culture
Airs and graces
The classical-music world is grappling with accessibility
Economic thought
A fascinating, readable biography of Friedrich Hayek
Home Entertainment
“Peanuts”, Charles Schulz’s cartoon, probed the human condition
Sporting rivalries
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have forged modern football
End of the road
Cormac McCarthy returns with two new novels
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Poisoned chalices
International sporting events are increasingly held in autocracies
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
Who is Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of Binance?
The Economist explains
Why is America debating prison labour?
Obituary
From friendship to haunting