It does mean a thing: America’s swing voters
In the next instalment of our midterms series, we head to the suburbs of Atlanta in search of that rarest of political creatures: the swing voter. There aren’t many of them, but they may well determin...
5 Okt 202227min
Misplaced Truss? Britain’s ruling party meets
Prime Minister Liz Truss has had a bruising first few weeks in office. Amid policy U-turns and plummeting poll numbers, her Tory party’s annual shindig is a venue for much soul-searching. Russia’s “pa...
4 Okt 202225min
Poll vaulter: Brazil’s surprise election result
Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent president, did unexpectedly well—giving his campaign a boost and foreshadowing a tough run-up to the second round. Malawi’s incipient democracy stands as a shining region...
3 Okt 202223min
Form-annex trick: Russia’s Ukraine-seizure bid
After a series of sham referendums, President Vladimir Putin is expected to annex four partly occupied regions of Ukraine. We ask what risks that move would pose. What has driven China’s president to ...
30 Sep 202223min
Lula loop: meeting Brazil’s presidential front-runner
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, looks well-placed to win a third term. But which Lula would Brazil get—the fiscal conservative or the populist spendthrift? Germany has an earned...
29 Sep 202227min
Off the top of their heads: Iran’s widespread protests
Women are burning their hijabs on bonfires and hacking off their hair—but the unrest has come to be about far more than the heavy hands of the morality police. The murder of Abe Shinzo, a former Japan...
28 Sep 202225min
In for a penny, in for a pounding: Britain’s economic gyrations
The markets are so far entirely unconvinced that the new administration’s Reagan-esque economic plans will work to spur growth—just look at sterling's tumble. In Tibet, China’s mass collection of DNA ...
27 Sep 202223min
Giorgia on my mind: Italy’s far-right government
Italians have voted decisively for a coalition of right-wing parties, with Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, the likely next prime minister. What this means for Italy, Europe and the wa...
26 Sep 202224min
