The world this week

Politics
Business
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

Geopolitics and energy
Power play
The world’s energy industry is about to be transformed. But energy insecurity is here to stay

China
Escaping zero-covid
It will eventually have to live with the coronavirus. But China has a lot of work to do first

Ukraine
Unfinished business
For all America’s success in supporting Ukraine, hard times lie ahead

Fuel taxes
When duty falls
Rather than cutting taxes on fuel, governments should support household incomes

African economies
Long walk to free trade
African countries need to put more effort into tearing down trade barriers

Letters

Letters to the editor
On Vladimir Putin and the West, private equity, Richard Nixon, company cults
By Invitation


Russia and Ukraine
Sir Adam Roberts rebuffs the view that the West is principally responsible for the crisis in Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine
Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan on maintaining energy supply while still hitting climate-change goals
Briefing

The war in Ukraine
An uncertain outlook
Russia’s atrocities in Mariupol have not brought it closer to victory. But they have not yet spread farther afield, either

Russia’s reactionary turn
The cult of war
A set of beliefs which once looked like a sideshow is now centre stage

Asia


The Indian Premier League at 15
Beyond the boundary
Bollywood and religion
Horrible histories
Central Asia and Ukraine
Silent Stans
South Korea
Yoon’s first move
Banyan
Jokowi’s folly
China


Chinese politics
Xi’s stormy year
The pandemic
The footsoldiers of zero-covid
Bookshops
Salvation through selfie
Chaguan
Winning the narrative war
United States


Great-power politics
Ukraine and the lessons of the cold war
Madeleine Albright
America’s first female secretary of state has died of cancer, aged 84
Symbols in sports
Pride and prejudice
Drug pricing
Age-old problem
Economic development
The United States of Amazon
Lexington
Energy innovation’s big moment
Middle East & Africa


African economies
Trade flaws
Syria and the Gulf
Springtime for a pariah
Western Sahara
The sands they are a-swirling
Nose jobs in Lebanon
The resilience of rhinoplasty
The Americas


Guyana
Invest or squander?
Sport in Brazil
Bowling maidens over
Bello
Russia with sunshine
Europe


War in Ukraine
The concert of Europe
The French election
Seeds of discontent
Escaping Vladimir Putin
From the third Rome to the second
Digitising Italy
Io, robot
Charlemagne
We need to talk about thermostats
Britain


The public finances
Spring in his step
Car washing
All in a lather
Religious congregations
Prayers answered
Covid-19 in prisons
Close quarters
Building nuclear reactors
Copy, paste, repeat
Academic freedom
Snitches and witches
Bagehot
This deadly love
International


Geopolitics
New cold war, new compromises
Business


Corporate travel
The return of the road-warrior
Pricing power (1)
Artificial prices
Pricing power (2)
Food fight
Business in India
Shark attack
Injectable cosmetics
Botox smiles
Bartleby
The toast with the most
Technology in Europe
New kids in the bloc
Schumpeter
The Gulf between them
Finance & economics


Green commodities
The new superpowers
Oil
A volatile mix
Investing in China
Departing thoughts
Buttonwood
Twisted metal
House prices
Coming of age
Free exchange
An EPIC challenge
Science & technology


Nuclear energy
Pint-sized power stations
The war in Ukraine (I)
Dealing with degradation
The war in Ukraine (II)
Loitering with intent
Cyborg insects
Roaches to the rescue
Culture


Understanding Russia’s president
Greyness, greed and grievance
Celebrity marriages
Such sweet sorrow
Montaigne’s “Essays”
Body and soul
The Sassoon business dynasty
Ghosts of the East
Johnson
A guide to renamed cities
Economic & financial indicators

Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail