May 18th 2024

Is America dictator-proof?

Leaders

Democracy

Is America dictator-proof?

The many vulnerabilities, and enduring strengths, of America’s republic

No news is bad news

Canada’s law to help news outlets is harming them instead

Funding journalism with cash from big tech has become a fiasco

Biden’s baleful barriers

America’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs: bad policy, worse leadership

The global trade system is disintegrating as you read this

The challenge posed by China

Xi Jinping is subtler than Vladimir Putin—yet equally disruptive

How to deal with Chinese actions that lie between war and peace

A trillion-dollar AI arms race

Big tech’s capex splurge may be irrationally exuberant

Beware of overhype and overbuild

Five more years?

Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20th

What does that mean for his country?

Letters

On college protests, farming, Emmanuel Macron, public opinion, Jeremy Clarkson, working on a plane, lonely-hearts ads

Letters to the editor

By Invitation

Briefing

In the worst case

Why America is vulnerable to a despot

Its democratic system is not as robust as it seems

Asia

Justice in Kazakhstan

The murder that aroused a nation

China

United States

Middle East & Africa

Somalia’s never-ending crisis

War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia

The Americas

Elections in the Dominican Republic

Luis Abinader is poised for a thumping re-election win

Europe

Britain

Levelling the terrain

Is Britain levelling up?

International

Business

Marque to market

How not to name a new car

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Science & technology

Culture

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