Leaders
America’s presidential race
Donald Trump is very likely to be the Republican nominee
So his chances of re-entering the Oval Office are uncomfortably high
Carry on Kyriakos
A stunning election result for Greece’s prime minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis deserves his unexpected triumph
End of the peace dividend
How to get more bang for the buck in Western defence budgets
Lessons from the war in Ukraine
Seize the day (and the board)
Activist investors are needed more than ever
Low rates, passive investing and ESG have left opportunities for active shareholders
Letters
On international aid, inflation, Britain’s royal family, walking, bacteria, Liz Truss
Letters to the editor
Briefing
A bungled coup
Ron DeSantis has little chance of beating Donald Trump
Hopes of depriving the former president of the Republican nomination are fading
Britain
Best supporting actor
With Hollywood on strike, foreign shows enjoy the limelight
Europe
Raid on Belgorod
Who are the militias raiding Russia’s Belgorod region?
French unions
Women take over France’s powerful trade unions
Charlemagne
Europe has shaken off Putin’s gas embargo
United States
Tribulations and trials
How Donald Trump’s trials and the Republican primary will intersect
Solidarity snips
Vasectomies rose by 29% in the three months after the end of Roe
The doom loop
Downtown San Francisco is at a tipping-point
Drug pricing
The push to bring insulin prices down in America
The too few and the less proud
American policing has changed since George Floyd’s murder
The Americas
The race to succeed AMLO
Mexico could elect its first female president next year
A power struggle
Lula wants to purge Brazil of Jair Bolsonaro’s influence
Middle East & Africa
Downhill from rainbow nation
Business leaders fear that South Africa risks becoming a failed state
My ratings are better than yours
African governments say credit-rating agencies are biased against them
Waiting for God’s choice
Who will be Iran’s next leader?
A wishful wedding
Can Jordan fall in love with Saudi Arabia?
Asia
Surviving the dragon
Australia has faced down China’s trade bans and emerged stronger
An interview with Bangladesh’s prime minister
Sheikh Hasina is Asia’s iron lady
China
A toe-hold in Europe
Hungary is becoming more important to China
Dog’s dinner
China’s cancel culture is nationalist, not woke
International
Farewell, peace dividend
The cost of the global arms race
By Invitation
Business
A giant sucking sound
Can carbon removal become a trillion-dollar business?
Muscle and memory
Asian businesses are being dragged into the chip war
Zell-side analysis
What properties would Sam Zell invest in next?
Fine and dandy
Meta gets whacked with a €1.2bn penalty
Finance & economics
The nightmare scenario
What happens if America defaults on its debt?
Love and conflict
What would humans do in a world of super-AI?
Science & technology
Neuroscience and AI
Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing
Recycling old tyres
Old tyres can become a climate-friendly fuel
Helicopter beetles
Parenting can be bad for the kids
Saving Venice
Why Venetians are pondering raising their entire city
Culture
The robotic school
Art made by artificial intelligence is developing a style of its own
Contemplative spy fiction
In Javier Marías’s final novel, an agent confronts his conscience
Social psychology
“The Perfection Trap” decries what it calls a “hidden epidemic”
Great-power decline
Rome fell. Will the modern-day West follow suit?
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Obituary
L’enfant terrible
Martin Amis was the lurid chronicler of a whole generation
The Economist reads
Spies and scribes
The spy who read me: authors under surveillance
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
Who are the pro-Ukrainian militias raiding Russia’s Belgorod region?
The Economist explains