The Economist

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…

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…