The world this week

Politics
Business
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

Putin’s dictatorship
The Stalinisation of Russia
As it sinks in that he cannot win in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is resorting to repression at home

The world economy
Fuel, food and fury
Chaos in global commodity markets is about to strike the world’s households and politicians

Sanctions
Will China help Russia?
A bit. But it will mostly seek to learn from Russia’s mistakes

British help for Ukrainian refugees
Here’s a form and a KitKat
The treatment of Ukrainian refugees gives the lie to Britain’s global boasts

South Korea
From prosecutor to president
Yoon Suk-yeol must restore his citizens’ faith in politics

Letters

Letters to the editor
On Cambodian diplomacy, green subsidies, “Peaky Blinders”, Keynes, Colorado, nutritional ratings, robots, video meetings
By Invitation


International Women’s Day
Malala Yousafzai explains why girls must be free to learn—and to lead
International Women’s Day
Freshta Karim on how to change the lives of Afghanistan’s women
International Women’s Day
Vanessa Nakate on how girls’ education can help solve the climate crisis
International Women’s Day
Kiara Nirghin on the gender divide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
International Women’s Day
Tigidankay “TK” Saccoh on how teachers can address discrimination at school
Briefing

The war in Ukraine
Occupation? No thanks!
Russians who expected their invasion of Ukraine to be welcomed were quickly disabused. Now things are turning nastier

Russia’s situation
The great leap backward
Vladimir Putin’s war is a turning-point in Russian history

Asia


India, Russia and the West
Abstemious to a fault
Floods and fires
Extreme no more
South Korea’s presidential election
Wishy-washy victory
State elections in India
Uttar domination
Banyan
The yam and the boulders
China


China’s economy
Shaking the money tree
Support for Ukraine
Brave voices
Covid-19
Redefining zero
Food in China
About face
Chaguan
Mr Xi places a bet on Russia
United States


The pandemic
Must do better
California’s housing shortage
No home runs
Genetic tests for pets
Son of a bitch
Chicagoland politics
Fading of the machine
Economic development
A tale of two cities
Lexington
Joe Biden’s indispensability
Middle East & Africa


The ripples of Putin’s war
Bread and oil
Sumptuary laws in Oman
The sultan’s sartorial standards
Relations with Russia
Nostalgia and Kalashnikovs
Kenya
Lamu, an island bubble
The Americas


Latin American politics
Many shades of pink
Europe


Poland and NATO
The frontline state
Turkey’s opposition
The compromise candidate
Propaganda in Hungary
Political boosters
France’s presidential race
Le Pen, again
Charlemagne
A continent coping
Britain


London’s recovery
No more manic Mondays
Satellite internet
Failure to launch
Surveillance (1)
Too close for comfort
Surveillance (2)
Big employer is watching you
Inflation
Twists and turns
Foreign students
Language lessons
Bagehot
Brexit: the sequel
Business


Global business
The travelling-salesman problem
The airline-industrial complex
Flight risk
Bartleby
Let’s get physical
The future of the office
Work life in balance
Women in the workplace
No-ceiling fans
Schumpeter
It’s not easy being an oligarch
Finance & economics


Commodities and sanctions
Barrelled over
Agricultural commodities
Grainstorm
Russia, China and sanctions
Pipe dream
Funding conditions
War bonds
Buttonwood
Persian lessons
Our crony-capitalism index
The makers and the takers
Free exchange
Shock absorbers
Science & technology


Improvised weapons
DARPA on the Dnieper
Communications in a war zone
Skywaves and satellites
Medical technology
The nose knows
Underwater archaeology
Patience and Endurance
Culture


The business of corruption
A brief history of Londongrad
“The Hunters in the Snow”
Let the storm rage on
Ottoman history
Too close to the son
A neuroscience pioneer
Nerves of steel
Reflections from Ukraine
Tapestries of war
Johnson
More than the sum of its parts
Economic & financial indicators

Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Russian public opinion
A house divided
Obituary


Shane Warne
The blond bombshell