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Haley to the chief? A long-shot candidacy begins
Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and UN ambassador, has declared her 2024 presidential candidacy. We assess her chances and survey th…
3 years, 5 months ago
End-Gulfed: Preparing for a post-oil future
The petrostates of the Gulf are modernising their economies, growing more tolerant and liberalising their social contracts as they prepare for a worl…
3 years, 5 months ago
Toil and rubble: a report from Turkey
Our correspondent visits town after devastated town. Poorly enforced building codes are one clear factor in the rising death toll—and a political bac…
3 years, 5 months ago
A chance at renewal: Nigeria’s coming election
Young voters are fired up and the electoral system has been strengthened, but Nigeria’s challenges are considerable. We explore why this month’s vote…
3 years, 6 months ago
Long division: America’s busy state legislatures
America’s Congress may be gridlocked, but its state legislatures certainly aren’t. The laws they’ll pass this year will probably impact more people m…
3 years, 6 months ago
Bot the difference: AI and the future of search
The race for AI supremacy is on. Microsoft, Google, Baidu and a host of smaller firms are all placing bets on the technology’s future. Which version …
3 years, 6 months ago
Race against time: rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria
Amid unthinkable destruction and loss of life, we examine the factors that will frustrate relief efforts following earthquakes in an already troubled…
3 years, 6 months ago
Tony isn’t blinkin’: Sino-American relations, post-balloon
American fighters shot down a balloon that China says was monitoring the weather, but America insists was spying. It was a minor incident, but it hig…
3 years, 6 months ago
Bold eagle: America's industrial evolution
As part of The Economist’s new series on the remaking of the country's economy, our correspondent looks at the Biden administration’s audacious indus…
3 years, 6 months ago
Poll fishing: Peru’s persistent protests
The country remains riven by unrest since the “self-coup” and subsequent arrest of its president in December; only an early election might bring a re…
3 years, 6 months ago