The world this week

Politics this week
Business this week
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

Future of the union
The Untied Kingdom
The bonds that hold the United Kingdom together are fraying. The government needs to try to mend them

Corporations and democracy
The political CEO
Business and politics are growing closer in America, with worrying consequences

Monetary policy in America
Be prepared
Inflation is rising. The Federal Reserve should be clearer about what comes next

Afghanistan
The final countdown
Joe Biden is wrong to pull troops out of Afghanistan

Biology and ethics
Softly, softly
The creation of part-human, part-monkey embryos will discomfit many, but research should be encouraged

Chaos in Myanmar
Asia’s next failed state
Myanmar will become a Burmese blaze unless its neighbours adopt a more constructive stance

Letters

Letters to the editor
On pulse oximeters, special drawing rights, Lord Salisbury, boycotts, religion, Harvard
Briefing

Scottish independence
The long road back to Europe
Many Scots see independence as the antidote to Brexit. It may be its mirror, too

Asia


Myanmar’s failing coup
Burmese blaze
Afghanistan
The end of forever
Mahua season in India
Botanical blessings
Banyan
Dropped connection
China


Covid-19 in Hong Kong
A patriotic jab, or one that works better?
Robbing graves
A dirty business
Chaguan
Misremembering Mao
United States


Free speech and social media
Rule of thumb
Police technology
Eyes in the sky
Police accountability
George Floyd’s legacy
Vaccine hesitancy
Seen and not herd
State finances
The disaster that wasn’t
Safe drinking water
Good job, Newark
Lexington
Retreat from Kabul
The Americas


Guns in Brazil
Playing with firearms
St Vincent
The Soufrière volcano is creating chaos in St Vincent
Costa Rica
No longer top of the class
Bello
Either way, it’s bad news
Middle East & Africa


Israel, Iran and America
Explosive diplomacy
Hunger in the Arab world
Feast, fast and famine
Tunisia
The megaphone
West Africa’s sea cucumbers
Slug-like and precious
Ethiopia’s war economy
Blowing in the wind
Europe


German politics
A fracturing Union
Russia and Ukraine
On manoeuvres
Women in Italy
The big divide
Norwegian cuisine
Fish tongues, harvested by children
Charlemagne
A Calhounian moment
Britain


Northern Ireland
Unhappy anniversary
Business and government
Old ideas, new problems
Wales
Sleeping dragon
Town planning
Paved paradise
Shirley Williams
A lioness of liberalism
Bagehot
The dynasty factor
International


Foreign investment
India Inc
Business


The political company
From handshake to clenched fist
Personal transport
The future of getting from A to B
Bartleby
Stepping down is hard to do
Microsoft
Method in the madness
L’Oréal
Hieronimus boss
Schumpeter
SEA of opportunity
Finance & economics


Combating money-laundering
Losing the war
Inflation
Base jumping
China’s economy
The devil in the data series
Wall Street
Hand over fist
Buttonwood
A tourist’s guide
Free exchange
The common-sense economist
Science & technology


Experimental biology
Fantastic beasts and how to make them
Psychology
Less is often more
Photography
Liquid selfies
Superforecasting
Welcome to the Cosmic Bazaar
Books & arts


The cold war
A very close shave
American history
Band of sisters
New British fiction
The will to live
Contemporary art
Beyond the frame
Economic & financial indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Football “curses”
What goes down must come up
Obituary


Prince Philip
Pledge of a lifetime