Disrupter, disrupted: Britain’s government
The chief aide to the prime minister had been a driving force in policy but a dividing force in government. What will happen now that he has stood down? We examine how Canada’s response to the pandemi...
16 Nov 202021min
Going to cede: Armenia and Azerbaijan
The longest-running conflict in the Caucasus could well be over. We examine a peace deal that benefits outside powers and chips away at regional identities. The hipster aesthetic long ago permeated ri...
13 Nov 202022min
Sahel of a mess: France’s impossible peacekeeping mission
Jihadism is growing in a continent-wide strip of Africa, and the riskiest operations to contain it fall to French troops. Our correspondent witnesses a fraught and seemingly endless mission. Peru has ...
12 Nov 202023min
We’ll again have Paris: Biden’s ambitious climate plans
President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign had the environment front and centre. We analyse his pledges—and his prospects for implementing them. As the video-gaming industry releases its next round of conso...
11 Nov 202021min
Nine out of ten, doctors say: a promising coronavirus vaccine
A vaccine claimed to be 90% effective represents an enormous achievement. We discuss what questions remain and the regulatory and distribution challenges ahead. A string of recent African elections re...
10 Nov 202020min
Brought to heal: Biden’s chance to unite America
President Donald Trump will go, but Trumpism will remain. Our editor-in-chief considers how President-elect Biden can repair the divided country he will inherit. Denmark aims to cull 17m mink that cou...
9 Nov 202022min
Abiy damned: Ethiopia’s looming civil war
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has taken drastic steps to quieten a state stacked with trained militias. The conflict could draw in more states—or the whole of the Horn of Africa. China’s increasing push f...
6 Nov 202021min
The lawyers of diminishing returns: America’s election
As President Donald Trump’s re-election path slims, his pledges to fight the results in court are multiplying. We look at the cases that may eventually decide the election. Global crises tend to affec...
5 Nov 202020min
