Helmsman’s high water: China’s Communist Party Congress
State media have taken to calling President Xi Jinping “the helmsman”; at the five-yearly meeting he defended his means of steering the country. We ask how to read between his tightly prepared lines. ...
17 Loka 202222min
Witness self-protection programme? Trump and the Capitol riot inquiry
The former president may well ignore the January 6th committee’s summons; the whole affair may be unceremoniously shut down next year. But that is not to say the process has been in vain. Russia’s int...
14 Loka 202227min
Gilt trip: Liz Truss’s hobbled leadership
Paroxysms in the market for gilts—British-government bonds that were once safe-haven assets—reveal just how wounded the new government’s plans have left it. Cuba is experiencing the worst economic cri...
13 Loka 202226min
Don kingmaker: Trump and the midterms
The latest instalment of our series asks how much difference Donald Trump’s imprimatur has made to candidates—and whether that influence will carry over to a general election. A look at South African ...
12 Loka 202228min
Help them, Obi: one hopeful candidate in Nigeria
Our correspondent meets with Peter Obi, who has a handsome poll lead and an appeal that spans the country’s religions and ethnicities. But his presidential bid still faces obstacles. Myanmar’s ruling ...
11 Loka 202225min
Crimea and punishment: Russia’s reprisals
An attack on the Kerch bridge—a pet project of President Vladimir Putin that links Russia with annexed Crimea—has prompted a swift and brutal response. We ask what is likely to happen next. We examine...
10 Loka 202223min
The gains in Ukraine: stalled Russia plainly wanes
Ukraine’s army has pushed Russian forces back in the south and east. We ask how they’ve managed to make such impressive gains so quickly, whether more could follow and what Russia’s reaction might be....
7 Loka 202224min
Bloody and forgotten: Conflict in eastern Congo
Our correspondent reports from eastern Congo, where a three-decade-long conflict has killed thousands, and forced more than five million people from their homes--with no end in sight. Researchers are ...
6 Loka 202227min
