Leaders
Keir thinking
Is Keir Starmer ready for office?
Britain’s Labour leader has made his party electable again. But there is more to do
Survivor nation
As Israel turns 75, its biggest threats now come from within
The country needs a new political settlement that diminishes the power of extremists
The war in Ukraine
The West should supply Ukraine with F-16s
Or Russian fighter jets may win control of Ukrainian skies
Heavy lies the crown
The power and the limits of the American dollar
The greenback is still king. But those who want to evade it are finding ways to do so
Private’s progress
Private markets remain attractive, even in a higher-rate world
Private credit, not buy-outs, is stealing the limelight
Letters
On the IMF, liberal-arts degrees, housing in London, woke history, politicians, the OECD
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Military-industrial complexity
Russia’s economy can withstand a long war, but not a more intense one
Its defences against Western sanctions can only stretch so far
Britain
Opposition research
Sir Keir Starmer on “Starmerism”
A Laborious read
To understand Labour’s shadow cabinet, read its books
Inhabited by spirits
How Campbeltown has responded to the boom in Scottish whisky
An organisation in crisis
The scandal at the Confederation of British Industry may be terminal
Europe
War in the skies
Ukraine’s top guns need new jets to win the war
After-hours war
Ukrainians have grown used to living with curfews
Pulling them in
Romania’s hot economy is attracting foreign workers
United States
Lookback in anger
A New York jury will be asked if Donald Trump is a rapist
Classroom politics
Why Republicans are giving huge pay rises to teachers
The Americas
A sticky dictatorship
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocrat, is winning
Middle East & Africa
A contentious birthday
Israel’s angsty 75th anniversary
How Zionism has changed
How Zionism has evolved from a project to an ideology
Burkina on the brink
Rampant jihadists are spreading chaos and misery in the Sahel
Asia
Protection by projection
Fearing China, Australia rethinks its defence strategy
China
International
Criminal underworlds
How the war split the mafia
Business
A new breed of unicorn
How to make it big in Xi Jinping’s China
Deutsche dilemma
The conundrum of Germany’s business ties with China
Drama series
The battle to control Mexican telecoms
Finance & economics
The buy-out business
Welcome to a new, humbler private-equity industry
Banking chaos
First Republic Bank is on the edge of a precipice
Crossed wires
Why commodity-trading scandals are multiplying
Money to burn
Patriotic Ukrainians are rushing to pay their taxes
Priceless recovery
If China’s growth is so strong, why is inflation so weak?
Asian commerce
Indian firms are flocking to the United Arab Emirates
Science & technology
Overprescribing drugs
Too many people take too many pills
Harsh lessons from a harsh mistress
After half a century, there is a commercial market for Moon missions
Tackling global warming
How to make low-carbon concrete from old cement
Culture
Film on the front line
Ukrainian film-makers are capturing the realities of war
Home Entertainment
Psychedelic music by an Australian nun is an uncanny pleasure
Fiction from Japan
Readers in the West are embracing Japan’s bold women authors
Finance and society
Asset managers control a growing share of society’s essentials
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Film with Chinese characteristics
Hollywood is losing the battle for China
Obituary
By Invitation
Israel at 75
Avi Shlaim calls for critical reflection
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
How a 19th-century law could upend abortion access in America
The Economist explains