All about that base: Japan’s security policy
In recent years the country has found itself in a sharply different geopolitical environment, responding by building bases and security-partner ties as never before. Our correspondent meets perhaps th...
21 Dec 202124min
Back to the USSR: Russia and Ukraine
As border tensions continue to build, our Russia editor looks back to the fall of the Soviet Union to explain why Russia has never accepted Ukraine’s independence. Eating out has only become more expe...
20 Dec 202123min
Centre of no attention: Chile’s presidential election
As the vote’s second round has neared, the candidates have shifted, a bit, from their positions at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Which radical vision for the country will win out? The trans...
17 Dec 202123min
Money printer slow brrr: the Fed turns down the taps
America’s central bank plans to pinch off its massive bond-buying programme much faster in a bid to stall inflation; our correspondent says it is perhaps a late-arriving signal—but a promising one. Lo...
16 Dec 202120min
In full swing: Ethiopia’s shifting civil war
More than a year after a rebellion Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised to put down in weeks, the balance of power keeps swinging—and neighbouring states may soon be drawn in. To the chagrin of libertar...
15 Dec 202124min
Twister of fate? Tornadoes and climate change
Many have been quick to link the tornado catastrophe in America’s Upland South to climate change; we ask why that is a tricky connection to draw. Citizenship of Gulf states has long been difficult to ...
14 Dec 202123min
Protein shake-up: getting to know Omicron
The latest “variant of concern” has spread far—and fast. We examine what has been learned about it at equally striking speed, and ask what to look out for next. South-East Asia has long had a methamph...
13 Dec 202120min
Unsafe as houses? Evergrande and China’s big plans
The wildly indebted property firm has defaulted at last. That poses big risks as China’s leadership works to refashion financial markets and draw in foreign investors. We visit the world’s largest lit...
10 Dec 202124min
