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Identity parades: our VE-Day special
Eighty years since the surrender of Nazi forces, we consider the differing ways that nations frame that distant history for today; none does so more …
1 year, 3 months ago
Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan
Two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Will the retaliation end this latest flare-up or intensify it?…
1 year, 3 months ago
First not past the post: Germany’s chancellor shocker
In a post-war first, Germany’s round of parliamentary voting for a chancellor did not produce one. We ask why members of Friedrich Merz’s coalition t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.
The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, is here to …
1 year, 3 months ago
People vilify plastic. they should use it better instead
Many people view plastic as an environmental disaster that blights landscapes and chokes marine life. Our correspondent argues that instead we need t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Aussie rules: give Trumpism the boot
Australia’s Conservative party was on the ascent until Donald Trump took office in January. At the polls this weekend, the dominant concern is who wi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Mine craft: US-Ukraine resource deal
America and Ukraine have signed a deal to share the profits of extracting natural resources. Our correspondent explains its significance. How the tra…
1 year, 3 months ago
Executive disorder: Trump’s first 100 days
Since Donald Trump took office, there has been a deluge of news. Our correspondent considers what might happen next. Fifty years on from the fall of …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Carney army: Canada unites against Trump
Canada’s election campaign was dominated by Donald Trump’s threats against the nation. Now the Liberal party has won, it faces a tougher fight: confr…
1 year, 3 months ago
Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?
Tensions between India and Pakistan have flared after the terrorist attack in Kashmir last week. Our correspondent explains what Narendra Modi may do…
1 year, 3 months ago