Pressure gauged: the road to recessions
Hints are turning to hard data: economic slowdowns are coming. We ask about the threat of recessions in different regions and about the effects they may have. The reckless behaviour of China’s fighter...
5 Juli 202222min
Southern strategy: the coming bid to retake Kherson
The city remains Ukraine’s only provincial capital to be taken by Russian forces—can Ukraine overcome its shortages of manpower and firepower to retake the province? Mexico’s official missing-persons ...
4 Juli 202222min
Power strip: SCOTUS’s environmental ruling
America’s Supreme Court has essentially shorn the Environmental Protection Agency of its agency in making national policy. We ask what that means for the climate-change fight. Hong Kong is marking 25 ...
1 Juli 202227min
Son rise: the Philippines’ next President Marcos
It is a remarkable turnaround for a notorious family: the late dictator’s son just took the reins. But how will he govern? Scotland’s separatist party is again pushing for an independence referendum. ...
30 Juni 202222min
Uprising tide: the coming inflation-driven unrest
In a global period of belt-tightening, popular anger will spill over. Our correspondent visits places where powderkegs seem closest to being lit; our predictive model suggests where might be next. Chi...
29 Juni 202221min
A force awakens: NATO’s new game plan
War in Ukraine has stiffened the alliance’s spine; leaders meeting this week will refashion troop-deployment plans reflecting a vastly changed security situation. The property sector makes a staggerin...
28 Juni 202224min
Comings to term: America’s abortion-rights rollback
The Supreme Court ruling has convulsed the country; passing the question of abortion rights to the states will divide America yet further. We ask what it means for the court to go so plainly against p...
27 Juni 202224min
Shooting from the hip: The Supreme Court expands gun rights
Yesterday, America’s Supreme Court issued its most important Second Amendment ruling in more than a decade, striking down a New York law that tightly regulated concealed carrying of guns. The ruling m...
24 Juni 202225min
