The Economist

As missiles and drones fly across the Arabian Gulf, their impact is being felt an ocean away. This war is “an Asian crisis”, Vivian Balakrishnan,…

“Five strategic keys lock up the world!” declared Sir Jacky Fisher, a Victorian admiral. He was talking about places that command critical waterways:…

For a week Iran had functioned surprisingly smoothly under American and Israeli bombardment. Preparations ordered by the supreme leader, Ayatollah…

He heard the crack of the gun. Then saw the impact: blood gushing from the neck and jaw, the tie blown off. The date was 4 April 1968; the place was…

Rarely does so totemic a presidential policy receive so resounding a smackdown. On 20 February, the Supreme Court ruled, in Learning Resources v…

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…