Leaders
The future of Ukraine
How to win the hot war in Ukraine and the cold war that will follow it
After a year of fighting, what comes next?
Not enough Wende
A year after he promised a transformation, Olaf Scholz has done too little
Energy policy has radically altered; defence, much less so
Making America greater
Joe Biden’s new border policies irritate the extremes. Good
They mix toughness with generosity and are a step in the right direction
Irrational interest
South Africa’s diplomatic descent
Cosying up to Russia and China harms South Africa, and the world
Tighter belt, shorter road
China has not resolved its past lending mistakes. But it is learning from them
How to speed up debt-relief talks
Letters
On South Korea and Ukraine, ChatGPT, corruption in Britain, Moldova, Bolivia, etymologies
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Russia and Ukraine
Mark Sedwill on a year of fighting in Ukraine
Africa and the world
Mo Ibrahim on the need to reform international financial institutions
Briefing
A year of war: Geopolitics in flux
Ukraine’s fate will determine the West’s authority in the world
A revanchist invasion has become an ideological battle
A year of war: Keeping the guns blazing
The West is struggling to forge a new arsenal of democracy
Production of weapons is set to increase, but it may be too slow for future conflicts as well as for Ukraine
A year of war: Militarising Russia
The invasion has stalled, but Putin’s war on dissent marches on
Russian society is almost as closed and repressive as it was in Soviet times
A year of war: Ukraine’s self-belief
The war is making Ukraine a Western country
But the cost is appalling
A hail of destruction
Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine
The scars of the war can be found far beyond the front lines
Europe
The slow shift of Mr Scholz
A year on, Olaf Scholz’s promise of transformation is only partly kept
Neither shock nor awe
Russia’s vaunted second offensive is a damp squib
The might of miltech
Ukraine’s tech entrepreneurs turn to military matters
Ukraine’s tiger queen
Meet the woman who is saving Ukraine’s wild animals
Britain
Found in translation
A BBC monitoring station that listened in on the world is being sold
Courting disaster
Why crumbling courts are worsening Britain’s trial backlog
United States
America’s industrial policy
State subsidies fuel America’s EV boom but risk overcapacity
Ghost of the machine
Chicago may throw Mayor Lori Lightfoot out in the first round
The fire and the fury
The Ohio train derailment is turning into a political circus
Middle East & Africa
Not so neutral
Why South Africa is drifting into the Sino-Russian orbit
Scorpions can be cuddly
A Nigerian trade in insects that bite
Workers of the world
Young Africans are logging in and clocking on
Cutting your losses
Saudi Arabia is reconciling with regimes it once tried to topple
Could his kingdom come?
The son of Iran’s last shah bids to regain the throne
The Americas
A new chapter
Joe Biden needs Mexico’s co-operation on migration
Not delivering the goods
Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, wants to smother the gig economy
A small, necessary step
One Canadian province has decriminalised drugs
Asia
The indispensable archipelago
The Philippines’ proximity to Taiwan makes it central to Western strategy
Renewable energy
India’s solar power rollout is flagging
International
A home from home
Ukrainian refugees remain in limbo
Business
The Altasian option
Global firms are eyeing Asian alternatives to Chinese manufacturing
Refurbishing the boardroom
Demands on corporate boards are more intense than ever
Everyday low profits
A warning from Walmart about the health of the American consumer
Pay as you post
Facebook sells subscriptions as the ad business stumbles
Mathias in the middle
Axel Springer is going all in on America
Finance & economics
Time for the tab
The world’s interest bill is $13trn—and rising
Farewell to Africa
Xi Jinping’s next overseas-lending revolution
Budgeting for conflict
What war has done to Europe’s economy
Science & technology
Scientific malpractice
There is a worrying amount of fraud in medical research
Culture
The singer and the song
At Young Thug’s blockbuster trial, rap lyrics are used as evidence
European history
Timothy Garton Ash travels across Europe and into its past
World in a dish
The rise of chilli crisp is a study in how foods become fads
America’s Federal Reserve
A new book traces the evolution of the Fed’s extraordinary powers
Fiction from Trinidad
In “Hungry Ghosts”, spectres of Trinidad’s past haunt the island
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
The Economist explains
Obituary
What madness looks like