The world this week

Politics
Business
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

Geopolitics
Russia’s roulette
A war in Ukraine would have terrible consequences, especially for Russia

Financial markets
A turning point
The era of free money is coming to an end. That means financial volatility and economic uncertainty

Myanmar
Out of mind
One year on from the coup, the country is at risk of being forgotten

Trustbusting
All-consuming
Competition policy should protect consumers, not anyone else. But it should do so more competently

American drugs policy
Oregon’s trailblazing
Psychedelic therapy shows great promise. More states should legalise it

Letters

Letters to the editor
On Russia and Ukraine, Herbert von Karajan, Galicia, Mexican energy, blockchain, Boris Johnson
Briefing

The Ukraine crisis
Place your bets
Vladimir Putin is keeping the world guessing

Asia


Myanmar’s coup, one year on
The enemy of my enemy
Life in Afghanistan
Khyber crevasse
Post-Soviet demographics
Kazakhifying Kazakhstan
Banyan
Put down your truncheons
China


The Winter Olympics
Faster, higher, bossier
Chaguan
How China sees war in Ukraine
United States


Vacancy on the Supreme Court
Exit left
New York crime
New sheriff in town
Insider trading
Capitol gains
Sports betting
Playing for high stakes
Autopsies and covid-19
The politics of death
Drug policy
Turn on, tune in
Lexington
Environmental justice in the balance
The Americas


Argentina
Mad existence
Brazilian Portuguese
Talk talk
Bello
The bear in the Caribbean
Middle East & Africa


West Africa
The juntas and the hunted
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile
Market preacher
The war in Yemen
UAVs over the UAE
Islamic State
Jailhouse rocked
Weddings in the Gulf
Lockdown love
Europe


Gas exports
Putin’s energy weapon
Germany and Russia
Misplaced sympathy
Architecture
Lockdown knockdown
Electoral geography
Road-testing the French dream
Charlemagne
The mess without
Britain


Boris Johnson
Yes man
Monetary policy
Buzzkill
Brexit and Northern Ireland
No surrender
Decoding life’s blueprint
Silver linings playbook
The civil service
State of emergency
The City of London
Punishment beating
Eradicating termites
Resident weevil
Bagehot
Wrecking ball
International


A global contest over semiconductors
Game of chiplomacy
Technology Quarterly


Hide and seek
War among the sensors
Synthetic-aperture radar
All the targets, all the time
Finding Captain Nemo
See-through seas?
Signals from noise
Heads in the clouds
Fierce contests
Adapt and survive
Business


The future of cyberspace
Rewebbing the net
Software development
Going codeless
The shortage economy
More pain, no gain
Bartleby
Purpose and the employee
Chipmaking
Party on
Schumpeter
The greening of steel
Finance & economics


Financial markets
Forward in fear
Commodities
Material moves
The global economy
Acquired immunity?
German banking
Rescue mission
Financial influencers
MoneyToks
Free exchange
From QE to QT
Science & technology


eVTOLs
Race to the sky
Data privacy
Your secret’s safe with me
Conservation
Save the rhino, save the plant
Photography
Prometheus unframed
Culture


The BBC at 100
The reflective screen
Clothing and textiles
Finely spun yarns
Roman life hacks
Ancient and modern
Down with the mega-rich
The wealth of nations
Musical posterity
He on wings could rise
Johnson
Remembrance of times past
Economic & financial indicators

Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Musical tastes
Singing in tongues
Obituary


Thich Nhat Hanh
The time is now