The world this week

Politics
Business
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

The invasion of Ukraine
The horror ahead
When Vladimir Putin escalates, the world must meet him

The world economy
A new age of economic conflict
The West has imposed crushing sanctions on Russia. The implications are huge

Inflation
War and price
Central banks should ignore soaring energy prices and focus on home-grown inflation

France’s presidential election
Macron, and on
The country needs a proper debate ahead of the vote, but time is running out

Climate change
Mind the gap
Climate change must be adapted to as well as opposed

Letters

Letters to the editor
On Vladimir Putin, Canada, vaccines, roadkill, Wordle
Briefing

Fearful symmetry
A tragedy and a catastrophe
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is wrecking two countries

Sanctions
The economic weapon
Sanctions on Russia are like none the world has seen. Will they work?

A new geopolitics
The post-post-cold-war world
Old truths of international relations are receiving fresh scrutiny

Asia


China-watching
Offshore Beijing
Homosexuality in Singapore
Crime and no punishment
South Korea’s presidential election
Unedifying
Cotton-picking
Liberty bale
Banyan
Mood change
China


China and Lithuania
Bullying a Balt
Diplomacy in China
Going rogue
Chaguan
China learns to love imperialism
Jobs at The Economist
We’re hiring a China-focused data journalist
United States


Political pageantry
State of the presidency
Fuel tax
Pumping up the votes
Little Odessa and Ukraine Village
Togetherness
Carbon emissions
Seeing footprints in the air
Climate control
Inside outside leave me alone
Puberty blockers
Don’t mess with sex in Texas
Lexington
The end of the delusion
The Americas


Brazil
South America’s rust belt
Venezuela
Parks and wrecking
Bolivia
Honk for impunity
Middle East & Africa


South Africa
The parallel state
Education and the market
Class struggle
The most dangerous regions on earth
Sahel
General engineering
Egypt tries to reshape its cities
Data-cable diplomacy
Message in a bottleneck
Europe


The refugee crisis
Exodus, again
France’s presidential election
Macron’s moment
Rome’s mayor
A colossal task
Romans in Holland
Imperial invaders
Charlemagne
The watershed
Britain


Scottish nationalism
Peak Nat
Attitudes to refugees
Form an orderly queue
Special education
SEND help
Sanctions on Russia
Economic warpath
Marriage
Indecent proposals
Islam in Britain
Trojan Horse rides again
Bagehot
The rise and fall of Londongrad
Business


Energy in Europe
Out of Russia’s shadow
The Ukraine war and business
The exodus
The defence industry
Advancing on all fronts
Tesla in Germany
A lesson in business German
Bartleby
Company or cult?
Schumpeter
A gamble too far
Finance & economics


Chinese property
The other crisis
Inflation
The world economy at war
Emerging markets
Shock, stocks and barrels
The cost to foreign banks
Nyet interest
South Korea’s economy
Kindred Seoul
Buttonwood
Signal failure
Free exchange
From fortress to rubble
Science & technology


Climate change
Act now or pay later
Powering remote islands
High-water mark
Science, diplomacy and war
Russia’s scientific partnerships
Covid-19
Origin stories
Culture


American politics
Tail wags donkey
American fauna
A wing and a prayer
World in a dish
Black earth rising
Afghan fiction
Behind the veil
Back Story
The action of the tiger
Economic & financial indicators

Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Russian asset prices
The bear’s market
Obituary


Cristina Calderón
Last of the line