Crimea and punishment: Russia’s reprisals
An attack on the Kerch bridge—a pet project of President Vladimir Putin that links Russia with annexed Crimea—has prompted a swift and brutal response. We ask what is likely to happen next. We examine...
10 Okt 202223min
The gains in Ukraine: stalled Russia plainly wanes
Ukraine’s army has pushed Russian forces back in the south and east. We ask how they’ve managed to make such impressive gains so quickly, whether more could follow and what Russia’s reaction might be....
7 Okt 202224min
Bloody and forgotten: Conflict in eastern Congo
Our correspondent reports from eastern Congo, where a three-decade-long conflict has killed thousands, and forced more than five million people from their homes--with no end in sight. Researchers are ...
6 Okt 202227min
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
