An oily sheen: Nicolás Maduro in from the cold
Waves of protest after a stolen election in 2019 came to nothing. Now, thanks to the luck of geopolitics and petro-economics, President Nicolás Maduro is increasingly back in favour. “Peanuts” blazed ...
23 Dec 202231min
A figure of speeches: Volodymyr Zelensky in his own words
At the beginning of the war, editors from The Economist went to Kyiv, the first Western journalists to interview Ukraine’s president. Our Russia editor has now returned, finding a brighter capital—and...
22 Dec 202235min
Needs Musk? Tumult at Twitter
Elon Musk may be stepping down as chief executive, but he has already changed the firm’s fortunes—and shown that social media’s free-speech struggle is far from over. A bit of fried dough in Kenya rev...
21 Dec 202225min
Trump card marked: the January 6th investigation
The Congressional committee probing the riot at America’s Capitol recommended that the Justice Department bring four charges against Donald Trump. But the road to indictment and prosecution of the for...
20 Dec 202229min
Under the missile flow: North Korea
The country has been slinging missiles skyward at an alarming pace, and with ever-greater technological advancement. We ask why things are heating up, and how the West might at last cool them down. Re...
19 Dec 202226min
More generals, less pacific: Japan’s new defence policy
A strategy approved today peels back some of the country’s constitutional pacifism; in large part that is because of its tense relationship with a hawkish China. Despite some promising reforms, violen...
16 Dec 202226min
No rest for the weary: meeting Ukraine’s high command
Our correspondent sits down with President Volodymyr Zelensky and two top military commanders—concluding that the next few months will determine the future of Ukraine. Morocco’s inspired run in the Wo...
15 Dec 202227min
Precious joules: a fusion-energy result
Scientists have reported a long-awaited nuclear-fusion breakthrough, using lasers to ignite hydrogen-isotope fuel in a self-sustaining burn. But that marks just one step on a long, uncertain road to c...
14 Dec 202229min
