The world this week

The world this week
KAL’s cartoon
Letters

Letters to the editor
On Eastern Airlines, families, coal, potholes, Bob Dylan
Leaders

Foreign policy after Brexit
Britain’s place in the world
“Global Britain” is a fine idea, but it requires hard choices and re-engagement with Europe

Investing in infrastructure
Infrastruggles
Every country wants to build more bridges, roads and renewable-power grids. It won’t be easy

Covid-19
The tunnel gets darker
Mutations are making the covid-19 virus more infectious

Digital government
Online onslaught
Few reforms would benefit Japan as much as putting government services online

The online boom
The future of global e-commerce
Retailers everywhere should look to China

Briefing

Britain and the world
Amazing journey?
Outside the European Union Britain must find the right balance between ambition and realism. That calls for a clear strategy

Asia


Digitising government in Japan
Update required
The Durand Line
A big beautiful wall
The rat trade in South-East Asia
Hamper scamper
Muslims in Sri Lanka
Unwanted, dead or alive
Banyan
Dazed and Confucius
China


Economic development
The fruits of growth
Jailed for virus vlogging
A witness silenced
Chaguan
Folk dances and labour camps
United States


Fiscal stimulus
A hairy moment
The opioid epidemic
Looking the other way
Presidential power
All the president’s pardons
The Zoom tax
Start spreading the dues
America’s population
The great slowdown
Lexington
Play it again, Lamar
Middle East & Africa


Conflict in the Horn
The widening war
Saudi Arabia
Wheels of injustice
Repression in Uganda
An undemocratic vote
Israeli politics
Sa’ar wars: a New Hope
Algeria
Home at last
The Americas


US-Mexico relations
Insecure
Canadian cuisine
No source for soy
Vaccination in Argentina
Sputnik’s orbit
Chilean wine
Label your libation with loving lustre
Europe


Germany after Merkel
Tough act to follow
The Brexit deal
How was it for EU?
Russia’s secret police
Caught with their pants down
Charlemagne
Canning’s law
Britain


The Brexit deal (1)
Britain’s Swiss role
The Brexit deal (2)
No longer in Rome
The Brexit deal (3)
The Irish Sea widens
Covid-19 vaccines
Now for the rocket boosters
How it happened
When the music stopped
International


Human rights
No time to give up
Business


The future of e-commerce
The great mall of China
Online competition
Mo money, Ma problems
Telecommunications
The $90bn prize fight
Podcasting
Sound investments
Bartleby
Tough breaks
Finance & economics


The infrastructure infatuation
In the works
America’s jobs market
Speed limits
Free exchange
A bug problem
Science & technology


Covid-19
Variations on a theme
Toxicology
Double indemnity
Recycling
From Clochemerle to a compost heap
Books & arts


After the pandemic
The big picture
Ethiopian music
The beat goes on
Johnson
Nice weather we’re having
Economic & financial indicators

Economic data, markets and commodities
Graphic detail


Forecasting 2021
Stars in their eyes
Obituary


Barry Lopez
Man and mystery