Leaders
Frozen out
Europe faces an enduring crisis of energy and geopolitics
This will weaken it and threaten its global position
Bob Iger’s encore
Disney brings back a star of the past. But its real problem is the script
Hollywood is suffering from the brutal economics of streaming
All we want
A wish-list of centrist proposals for the lame-duck Congress
Good things come in threes. But we’re greedy and have five
Speaking truth to Putin
Russian “offshore journalists” need help, not hindrance
Europe should let them do their jobs
Green competition
COP27 was disappointing, but US-China climate diplomacy is thawing
Great-power rivalry will shape the world’s response to the crisis
Letters
On climate change, Bangladesh
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Russia, Ukraine and South Africa
Bill Browder and Tony Leon argue that money, not morality, dictates South Africa’s support for Vladimir Putin
Briefing
Chilling prospects
The costs and consequences of Europe’s energy crisis are growing
Despite appearances, the worst is yet to come
Europe
The pen and the sword
How “offshore journalists” challenge Vladimir Putin’s empire of lies
And the band played on
In Ukraine, living as normal is an act of defiance
No reforms, no money
The EU is withholding aid to press Hungary to reform
Mr Macron goes to Washington
On a visit to America, France’s president will confront new problems
Britain
Renewable energy
Why Britain is a world leader in offshore wind
The downturn
Britain’s economic outlook is very gloomy
Memory Lane
What do street names tell you about Britain?
Biotechnology
Wales’s trade in leeches and maggots
Ethnicity and success
British Bangladeshis are doing astonishingly well at school
United States
Orc invasion
Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan
Cause for celebration
Homelessness is declining in Washington, DC
Surfing the third wave
New York state reckons it’s got cannabis legalisation right
Middle East & Africa
Sects in the city
Can Bahrain’s division between Sunnis and Shias be healed?
Of players and politics
What Saudi Arabia’s football victory means for the Middle East
Chocolate wars
Why the African cocoa cartel is a bad idea
The Americas
Asia
Diplomacy à la Modi
On foreign policy, India is reliably unreliable
Sharm offensive
How Pakistan emerged as a climate champion
Political Malays
Anwar Ibrahim becomes Malaysia’s prime minister
A storm in a satellite dish
Japan’s oddball populists
China
Climate for conversation
America and China are talking again about climate change
Covid confusion
China’s response to a surge in covid-19 cases is muddled
Blessed are the meek
China wants to “sinicise” its Catholics
International
Loss and damage
Should rich countries pay for climate damage in poor ones?
Business
The China Dilemma
Multinational firms are finding it hard to let go of China
Countdown to lift-off
Indian startups join the space race
Wages and inflation
Germany’s biggest trade union strikes a deal on pay
Prime of life
Amazon makes a new push into health care
Bartleby
How to do lay-offs right
Schumpeter
What Disney can learn from Elton John
Finance & economics
Chinese capitalism
Xi Jinping’s big bang for Chinese stockmarkets
Buttonwood
How crypto goes to zero
Hot like Minnesota
Why American unemployment needs to rise
Spendthrift nations
Where the coming housing crunch will be most painful
European finance
Why Europe is scared of quantitative tightening
Free exchange
Weather is again determining economic outcomes
Science & technology
Areology
The latest news from Mars
AI and Diplomacy
Another game falls to an AI player
Fishing and conservation
An electrical device on a fishing line repels sharks and rays
A new Roman “emperor”
A name may be missing from the annals of imperial Rome
Culture
Tales of the megacity
Can Tokyo’s charms be replicated elsewhere?
House of horrors
Iran’s women prisoners face down their inquisitors
World in a dish
The vanishing delights of America’s Jewish delis
A siege in the capital
The forgotten tale of a hostage-taking in Washington in 1977
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Fuel prices and excess deaths
Russia is using energy as a weapon
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
What is long-termism?
The Economist explains
How is Ukraine’s software industry weathering the war?
Obituary
A mother’s rage