The general and specific threats: Iran

The general and specific threats: Iran

Killing Iran’s top military commander does not seem likely to further America’s aims for the region. What should America and its allies expect now? Biologists have long struggled to explain why homosexual behaviour is so widespread in nature, but a new theory simply asks: why not? And the global comeback of dubbing in foreign films. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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Drone wolf: Ukraine’s missile mastermind

Drone wolf: Ukraine’s missile mastermind

Ukraine’s resistance to Russia relies on the clever use of drones. Much of that strategy is down to a single person, a former grain trader with a great idea. Our correspondent meets him. Since the Bre...

1 Apr 22min

Refine and dandy: Iran’s war bounty

Refine and dandy: Iran’s war bounty

An Economist investigation reveals that Iran is profiting from the war as it evades sanctions and oil prices surge. India’s government has promised to crush the country’s Maoist insurgency. Our corres...

31 Mar 22min

The bog of war: week five begins

The bog of war: week five begins

The Iran conflict is escalating with little prospect of an end in sight. Our correspondent explains why a US ground invasion is likely. In an ongoing history series, we look at how America’s attitude ...

30 Mar 24min

Hasta la victoria, quizás: Cuba’s broken economy

Hasta la victoria, quizás: Cuba’s broken economy

Even before America crimped Cuba’s oil, the country was teetering. We ask what is to blame for the Cuban people’s plight, and whether anything better is in prospect. The craze of injecting peptides is...

27 Mar 23min

Algorithm and blues: a watershed social-media verdict

Algorithm and blues: a watershed social-media verdict

A jury in California agreed with a plaintiff who argued that Meta and Google, two social-media giants, designed their platforms to be addictive. That opens the floodgates to more litigation and perhap...

26 Mar 22min

On goal difference: are America and Israel diverging on Iran?

On goal difference: are America and Israel diverging on Iran?

In the daily tea leaves one might read that President Donald Trump would prefer a deal with Iran to a continuing military campaign. Where would that leave Israel and its goals? Cryptocurrencies have g...

25 Mar 23min

(Another) all-out war: Afghanistan and Pakistan

(Another) all-out war: Afghanistan and Pakistan

Air strikes and border raids have turned cross-border tensions into hot conflict. We ask what raised the temperature, and whether the Iran war may act to lower it. Meanwhile that war’s oil shock bring...

24 Mar 20min

From bad to awful: Trump’s four options in Iran

From bad to awful: Trump’s four options in Iran

As the war in Iran progresses, none of the options available to Donald Trump looks good. We examine each of them. Thailand’s Buddhist monks are implicated in lots of lawless and dodgy behaviour—but cl...

23 Mar 22min

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