Follow the leader: who will run Hamas?
There is a vacuum at the top of Hamas following the killing of the militant group’s commander in Gaza. Our correspondent tells us about two of the men who could replace him. How black voters may swing...
25 Loka 202424min
Coming up Trump: our election model puts Harris behind
The two American presidential candidates have been neck and neck. But this week, the Economist’s forecast model noted a shift towards Donald Trump. Why you might have a long wait for Elon Musk’s robot...
24 Loka 202423min
Left field: a new force in German politics
Our correspondent interviews Sahra Wagenknecht, the popular leftist whose eponymous political party is now making the political weather in Germany. How Russia is trying to sabotage Moldova’s attempt t...
23 Loka 202422min
Marching borders: what was Hizbullah’s plan?
Israel is planning to strike Iran within days, even as its wars in Lebanon and Gaza deepen. Our correspondent reports from the Lebanese border, where he embedded with Israeli forces. Carbon-trading sc...
22 Loka 202423min
Spies isn’t everything: Putin’s global-chaos machine
Aggression, election-meddling, “psychological destabilisation”: Russia’s leader is sowing chaos like never before. We ask what power the West has left to curtail it. As entitlements such as pensions h...
21 Loka 202424min
Leaderless: the death of Yahya Sinwar
Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7th attacks, is dead. What does that mean for Hamas, for a ceasefire in Gaza and for regional stability more widely? Our swing-states series continues with ...
18 Loka 202425min
Shoal searching: the South China sea simmers
A constellation of islands, reefs and rock-piles has been the source of disputes for decades. As a new phase in the conflict begins, how to calm things down? In the first of a series of first-person d...
17 Loka 202424min
Your money for a run? Campaign finance in America
Kamala Harris has proven to be an enormous draw for campaign donors. But the size of a candidate’s war chest influences the outcome much less than it once did. Our correspondent meets asylum-seekers o...
16 Loka 202424min
