Always be their Bibi? Israel votes, again
It’s the fourth poll in two years, but a stable government is still far from guaranteed. We examine the firm grip Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu still has on Israeli politics. In the Philippines, c...
23 Mar 202120min
Not-purchasing power: boycotts in Myanmar
As demonstrations against February’s coup continue, many are trying a subtler form of resistance: starving army-owned businesses of revenue. We ask whether the ploy will work. Snippets of Neanderthal ...
22 Mar 202120min
Another race question: murder in Atlanta
A shooting in the city left eight dead, six of them women of East Asian descent. We examine the past and present of anti-Asian sentiment in America. Frontex, Europe’s border-enforcement agency, is ris...
19 Mar 202119min
Forces to be reckoned with: Afghan peace talks
Negotiations in Moscow may at last forge agreement between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents; that, in turn, would inform America’s long-promised drawdown. The International Criminal Court ...
18 Mar 202122min
Harms weigh: AstraZeneca vaccine fears
Scattered reports of blood clots have sparked curbs across Europe, even though the jab is almost certainly safe. We take a hard look at the risks in relative terms. After Canada arrested a Huawei exec...
17 Mar 202122min
Earning them: Stripe’s monster valuation
The firm got in early providing online-payment software to tech startups. Now it’s the most valuable Silicon Valley darling yet. We look at its future prospects. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faces a...
16 Mar 202120min
Redrawing the map: a fragmented Syria
As the country marks ten years of civil war, the economy is crippled; it has broken up into statelets and ethnic enclaves that may never be reunified. Violence against women is sparking a global wave ...
15 Mar 202122min
Casting the net wider: remaking the welfare state
As the Biden administration fires a $1.9trn pandemic-relief bazooka, we consider how governments might rethink welfare: providing more-flexible benefits, investing in human capital and acting as an in...
12 Mar 202122min
