The world this week

Politics
Business
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

The end of life
A final choice
Assisted dying is spreading, but too many are still denied this basic freedom

Russia
Putin’s new era of repression
It will lead to more confrontation with the West

Afghanistan
War, drought, famine
The world must act now to stop Afghans starving

Evergrande and financial contagion
China’s other debt problem
Evergrande is not the only looming danger in the mainland’s financial system

Energy
The discreet charm of nuclear power
It makes fighting climate change a lot easier

Letters

Letters to the editor
On economics, Balkan bridges, Shakespeare, mission statements, hydrogen, Facebook, French, Polexit
Briefing

Russian repression
Manacled in Moscow
Vladimir Putin has shifted from autocracy to dictatorship

Asia


Climate and industry
Manufacturing a green revolution
Education in South Asia (1)
Levelling up
Education in South Asia (2)
Levelling down
Politics in Myanmar
How to get a promotion
Banyan
The great board game
China


State-sponsored hacking
The spectral game
Dissent in Hong Kong
New kids on the cell block
Chaguan
Why China has a zero-covid policy
United States


Biden and the border
Of walls and wobbles
Infrastructure year
Unlocked
The Durham investigation
You’re in trouble
New nukes
Energy deficient
Lexington
Latin hex
The Americas


How to be a dictator (1)
By the book
How to be a dictator (2)
A family affair
Bello
Following the money
Middle East & Africa


Saudi Arabia
No tourist Mecca
Prudery in Morocco
Get two rooms
Iran’s military tactics
The new predators
Congo’s militias
No farewell to arms
Liberia
Time and punishment
Europe


EU railways
Disoriented express
The Belarus-Poland border
Caught at the wire
Coronavirus in eastern Europe
The arc of susceptibility
Syrians in Turkey
Going bananas
Charlemagne
Minimum wage, maximum rage
Britain


Nuclear power
This time, it’s different
Environmental attitudes
Mustn’t grumble
The Northern Ireland protocol
Groundhog day
Infrastructure
London’s bridges falling down
Politics
Spiralling scandal
What’s missing?
Off the shelf
War graves
They shall not grow old
Bagehot
Learning from Paterson
International


Assisted dying
Death on demand
Business


Hollywood’s talent wars
Fading stars
Commercial property
Lab rats
Bartleby
The impossible job
China and the pandemic
Seal of the realm
General Electric
Not so general
Volkswagen’s labour relations
Golf’s course
The corporate metaverse
Virtual world, Inc
Schumpeter
The flywheel delusion
Finance & economics


Chinese banks
Attack on the tycoons
Funding crypto ventures
The bitcom boom
Inflation in America
The wrong kind of hot
Debt-for-nature swaps
Reef relief
Buttonwood
For the duration
Free exchange
Home-icide
Science & technology


Diagnosing dementia
Knowing the worst
COP26
Are the climate goals dead or alive?
Microbiology
Perilous plastic
Agriculture
Probiotic berries
Covid-19
Pills with promise
Books & arts


Dealing with dirty money
Hear no lies
Witchcraft
Toil and trouble
The cold war
Method in the MADness
Access to art
The mixing pot
Johnson
Double trouble
Economic & financial indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Social media
Coming clean
Obituary


Aaron Beck
Up off the couch