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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t maki...
The Trump administration’s “ Project Freedom ” has done and will do little to boost traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. We examine an unsu...
In Iran, America is using expensive weaponry against cheap local drones. Can upstart tech companies change the economics – and nature — of c...
Can peace hold in Lebanon while Hizbullah remains? Our correspondent weighs the balance of power between government forces and the Iran-back...
Oil prices are at their highest since 2022, as a swift end to the Iran conflict proves elusive. Yet, our commodities editor says, markets do...
Artificial Intelligence is becoming ubiquitous, but the industry that powers it is struggling to keep up with demand. The host of our award-...
The “special relationship” between Britain and America is at its weakest since the Suez crisis of 1956. Will a state visit by King Charles I...
After a gunman stormed Donald Trump’s dinner with the press, questions are being revived about the president’s security. Germany’s top gener...
We go deep inside the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant and the surrounding exclusion zone, recounting the history of the accident on April 26 1...
We examine what our forecast model predicts so far —and consider what might change its confident prediction for one house of Congress and to...
The decision of Anthropic, an AI giant, to keep its Mythos model sequestered surely makes for good press. But there seems to be more to it t...
Tim Cook is stepping down after overseeing 15 years of spectacular growth. We take a look at his successor . Japan’s rural women are disprop...
This week’s peace talks are endangered after American forces fired on and boarded a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. We visit Chernobyl’s...
When America seized Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro in January, it left the rest of his regime intact. Three months on, our corresponde...
After six weeks of Israel’s offensive against Hizbullah, Lebanon’s president and Israel’s prime minister are due to talk today. What can the...
The Iran conflict and blockades in the Strait of Hormuz are slowing supply not just of fuel, but food and fertiliser. Geophysics could worse...
After the failure of talks at the weekend, America is now stopping all ships from using Iranian ports and coastal areas. Our correspondent a...
In a momentous election, Viktor Orban has lost power in Hungary after 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule. Our correspondent explains h...
Also on the daily podcast: what the Artemis Moon mission really accomplished and remembering a brave Soviet psychiatrist SHOW-NOTES TEXT (60...
President Donald Trump has long threatened to pull America out of the alliance. We examine why the Iran war has made this time look signific...
With little time to spare before a threatened civilisation-ending attack, America agreed a pause in fighting with Iran. We ask how the tempo...
President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has grown yet more bellicose—and sweary. His stated ploy to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants would...
Viktor Orban , Hungary’s prime minister, is an idol to the global nationalist conservative right. Losing the next election would have far-re...
A giant leadership reshuffle is underway in China, but one job will stay the same: Xi Jinping is almost certain to secure another five-year...
NASA has successfully launched its first crewed space mission in over a decade. Our correspondent explains why America wants to build a moon...
Ukraine’s resistance to Russia relies on the clever use of drones . Much of that strategy is down to a single person, a former grain trader...
An Economist investigation reveals that Iran is profiting from the war as it evades sanctions and oil prices surge. India’s government has p...
The Iran conflict is escalating with little prospect of an end in sight. Our correspondent explains why a US ground invasion is likely. In a...
Even before America crimped Cuba’s oil, the country was teetering . We ask what is to blame for the Cuban people’s plight, and whether anyth...
A jury in California agreed with a plaintiff who argued that Meta and Google, two social-media giants, designed their platforms to be addict...
In the daily tea leaves one might read that President Donald Trump would prefer a deal with Iran to a continuing military campaign. Where wo...
Air strikes and border raids have turned cross-border tensions into hot conflict . We ask what raised the temperature, and whether the Iran...
As the war in Iran progresses, none of the options available to Donald Trump looks good. We examine each of them. Thailand’s Buddhist monks...
As attention has focused on war in Iran, Israel sees an opportunity to crush a weakened Hizbullah in Lebanon. Our correspondent says it woul...
A rash entry into a war of choice exposes President Donald Trump in a number of ways—and he may prove more dangerous as he becomes weaker ....
Cancelled flights, longer routes, higher prices: the war in Iran is taking its toll on the airline industry. The conflict may force lasting...
Nigeria sorely needed the enormous oil refinery built by Aliko Dangote, who was already Africa’s richest man. We ask what that new capacity...
Control of the Strait of Hormuz has become the focus of the war in Iran. The options available point to an acute risk of a broadening region...
As Israel continues to pound Iran and expands its offensive against Hizbullah in Lebanon, there are rumblings of disunity with America over...
Iran continues to retaliate against attacks with ferocity. Though many of its ballistic missile facilities have been razed, its vast drone a...
Overnight, the Pentagon said it “eliminated” 16 Iranian mine-laying ships, raising further jitters about the global impact of the war in Ira...
After oil prices climbed to nearly $120 a barrel yesterday, Donald Trump signalled a possible abrupt end to the conflict in Iran. Markets ca...
After Iran appoints a new supreme leader , what does the choice tell us about the resilience of the regime and how the war will progress? Sc...
After a momentous week , our editors reflect on how uncertainty about the goals of the war in Iran will affect its course. Iran’s retaliatio...
As America continues to batter Iran, what are the domestic implications of the war for Donald Trump? The widening conflict has prompted some...
As America and Israel continue to bombard Iran, much of Iran’s retaliation is directed against energy infrastructure . With tankers blocked...
The war in Iran has entered its fourth day with further American and Israeli strikes, and Iranian retaliation across the region. Now Israel’...
This weekend, America and Israel launched long-anticipated attacks on Iran , killing Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader. Our corresp...
For all the promise of transformation that artificial intelligence offers, a close look at macroeconomic data shows little change . Sit tigh...
As a military build-up continues in the Middle East, President Donald Trump’s messaging remains ambiguous . What could, at this stage, head...
The targeting of “El Mencho”, the leader of one of the country’s two biggest gangs, has resulted in a predictable spate of violence —more of...