The WY and the wherefore: Liz Cheney’s loss

The WY and the wherefore: Liz Cheney’s loss

Wyoming’s sole representative in the House, once a Republican leading light and now a pariah for her views on Donald Trump, has been ousted from Congress. We attend her election-night defeat. The science behind behavioural nudges seems to be on increasingly shaky ground. And investigating the UAE’s questionable plans to make more rain. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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States, disunited: the controversy around cluster bombs

States, disunited: the controversy around cluster bombs

Despite considerable opposition from allies in NATO, America has agreed to send them to Ukraine. The highly controversial munitions could speed up Ukraine’s counteroffensive, but at what cost? As exci...

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I spy: meeting Ukraine’s intelligence chief

I spy: meeting Ukraine’s intelligence chief

We sit down with Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s youngest-ever spymaster. He is intense, resolute—and oddly charismatic. A world of electrified transport is going to need lots of nickel for batteries. We ar...

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Clone wars: Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter

Clone wars: Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter

If there is one thing Facebook’s parent company does well, it is aping other social-media features and platforms—and it is a propitious time to steal Twitter’s thunder. Deeply indebted Arab countries ...

6 Heinä 202323min

Group dynamics: Wagner in Africa

Group dynamics: Wagner in Africa

Its leader is in exile and its future is uncertain. But the Wagner Group will be loth to abandon the influence and the cashflow that its murky African operations bring. The striking down of affirmativ...

5 Heinä 202323min

Break camp: Israel’s West Bank raids

Break camp: Israel’s West Bank raids

The so-called refugee camp in the city of Jenin has been subject to raids for months—and a hotspot for militants for decades. We ask what set things off so violently this week. Now that Jair Bolsonaro...

4 Heinä 202325min

Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

The killing of a teenager in a Paris suburb has ignited national unrest. We ask what is driving the disquiet, and what it means for a president squeezed on both political sides. In high-inflation time...

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Hot to trot: the up sides of climate migration

Hot to trot: the up sides of climate migration

Mass movements of people expected as climate change progresses are often depicted as catastrophes-in-waiting. We visit Niger, where that shift has begun, finding there is good news amid the bad. We ex...

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Antitrust, the process: America’s competition cops

Antitrust, the process: America’s competition cops

This week’s court battle involving Microsoft and Activision, giants of tech and gaming, reflects a sea change under way in America’s trustbusting machinery; it may not go as far as the top competition...

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