Tocqueville Road Trip: 2. Against all obstacles
Tocqueville saw America’s faith in its own democracy as a vital force. But these days the majority of Americans think the country is headed in the wro...
Tocqueville Road Trip: 1. Game of chance
John Prideaux, The Economist’s US Editor, embarks on a roadtrip to see how America’s democracy is faring in the era of Trump. His companion is a lon...
Quid game: challenges for South Korea’s president
An interview with Lee Jae Myung, South Korea’s president, a year into his role. Though he has stabilised a turbulent polity and overseen a stock marke...
Kicking and screaming: protests at World Cup
Millions of people will tune in when the World Cup starts today. But demonstrators in Mexico, which hosts the first match, are using the international...
Number crunch: why Britons ignore immigrant drop
The British government tightened immigration in response to public demand. Yet that policy damaged both the country and the Labour party. Our correspo...
There Xi goes: visiting North Korea
Xi Jinping’s first visit to North Korea in seven years has been marked by pomp and shows of friendship. But what does the Chinese leader really want f...
Ceasefire alarm: Iran and Israel trade strikes
The fragile ceasefire between America and Iran is threatened by an exchange of ballistic missiles overnight between Iran and Israel. Our correspondent...
Pregnant pause: India’s slumping fertility
After decades of overpopulation worries, the country now has the opposite concern. We examine India’s unusual demographic turn, and why it is a wider ...
A murder exploited: Britain’s George Floyd moment that wasn’t
Nigel Farage, leader of the populist-right Reform UK party, wants Britons to be enraged by a killing in the street. We ask why his tone has changed fr...
Focused group: Ukraine is now Europe’s war
Now that America has stepped back, Europe is at last stepping up. We examine the bloc’s tactics (if not yet a strategy) and how steady its support is ...