Leaders
War in Ukraine
A looming Russian offensive
Ukraine’s chiefs, in an unprecedented series of briefings, tell The Economist about the critical months that lie ahead
Little steps, many lives
China’s covid wave could kill as many as 1.5m people
The government can still avoid an enormous death toll
I say go, go, go!
Why are the rich world’s politicians giving up on economic growth?
Even when they say they want more prosperity, they act as if they don’t
Nuclear energy
The French exception
As the world turns back to nuclear power, it should heed the lessons from France
After farmgate
How to save South Africa
The ruling party is unreformable. The country needs a coalition of the clean
Letters
On public registries in the EU, homelessness, lay-offs, pensioners, Northfield, Bagehot
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
Ukraine’s fateful winter
Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals explain why the war hangs in the balance
Our interviews with the men shaping Ukraine’s response to Russia’s aggression
Restraint under fire
Ukraine’s top soldier runs a different kind of army from Russia’s
Valery Zaluzhny wants to encourage initiative and devolve authority
General principles
“Anyone who underestimates Russia is headed for defeat”
An interview with Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s second most senior soldier
Europe
Survival of the blitzed
Despite power cuts and blockades, Ukraine’s economy is coping
Missing multitudes
The war has worsened Ukraine’s demographic woes
Unbeloved Berlin
Germany’s capital struggles to clean up its act
The job-share taoiseachs
Ireland’s new prime minister is mocked before he starts
Two-speed nation
France needs better slow trains, not just fast ones
Charlemagne
A corruption scandal leaves the EU reeling
Britain
A historical mystery
The strange case of Britain’s demise
Railing against the system
The British government and the unions dig in on train strikes
United States
Picket lines and poké
America’s unions are gentrifying
Mr Musk’s moderation
What to make of the Twitter Files?
Crimes of fashion
Why catalytic-converter theft has soared in America
Smoke and mirrors
E-cigarette taxes may reduce teenage drink-driving deaths
Middle East & Africa
A bitter life for all
The party of Nelson Mandela is imploding
Big brother will see you now
China is helping Zimbabwe to build a surveillance state
The elusive looters
Iraq’s new prime minister vows to clean up the country
Of lions and pride
Morocco’s World Cup success sparks a debate about Arab identity
The Americas
The agony of Peronism
Argentina’s populist political movement is at its lowest ebb
Asia
Sino-Japanese relations
East Asia’s big beasts are getting on badly
Forgetting your parents
Japan’s most endangered languages face extinction
Boy band of brothers
BTS takes on Kim Jong Un
At the coal face
Mongolians brave the cold to decry corruption
China
No worse than the flu?
What to make of China’s claims about covid
Lives on the lines
Our model shows that China’s covid death toll could be massive
International
Business
Atomic reactions
Can the French nuclear industry avoid meltdown?
A Taj of class
Why Mumbai’s old business district is so shabby
Silicon Wall Street
Big tech pushes further into finance
Cutback Christmas
German retailers aren’t feeling very festive
Finance & economics
First-world problems
How the West fell out of love with economic growth
Facing the music
The game is up for Sam Bankman-Fried
No time to chill
Europe looks increasingly complacent about the winter ahead
Stormy skies
The struggle to put a carbon price on a flight
Free exchange
The insidious threats to central-bank independence
Science & technology
Culture
Beautiful world, there are you
Reading Sally Rooney in China
Turkey and the Ottomans
The Ottoman empire fell a century ago. Or did it?
Johnson
And the word of 2022 is…
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
What caused the demise of Boeing’s 747 airliner?
The Economist explains
