The Economist

Takaichi Sanae gambled her position as Japan’s prime minister by calling a snap election. Her bet has paid off. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party …

The European Union and Mercosur, a bloc of South American countries, first started negotiating their trade deal last century. In 1999, Bill Clinton…

For decades, each big bout of unrest in Iran has followed a similar pattern. It starts with a trigger, be it a murder, a stolen election or a…

COVID-19 was a gift to Brexiteers. After years of argument over the Vote Leave campaign’s irreconcilable promises, the pandemic finally redirected…

You might think it would be impossible for the inferno in Israel and Gaza to burn hotter. Yet Benjamin Netanyahu is fuelling three parallel…

After a busy weekend of talks in Geneva, an impatient reporter asked when the results would be announced. Li Chenggang, China’s trade representative,…

Just as India's showdown with Pakistan was spiralling out of control, it seems to be calming down. After four days of escalating clashes, culminating…

Shortly after midnight on 7 May, exactly two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Pakistan’s army said…

The Alpine meadows and pine forests of Pahalgam have long been a lure for visitors to the Indian region of Jammu & Kashmir. They called it “mini…

Donald Trump can rarely resist the urge to engage in name-calling. Typically, his barbs are more juvenile than consequential. But his designation of…