What Javier Milei can teach Donald Trump
The world this week
The World Ahead
The World Ahead
The World Ahead 2025
Leaders
Lessons from a surprising experiment
Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite”
Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better
The least bad deal for Ukraine
How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin
The key is robust security guarantees for Ukrainians
Ceasefire at last
Peace in Lebanon is just a start
Donald Trump must build on Joe Biden’s belated success
Shots fired
Tariff threats will do harm, even if Donald Trump does not impose them
The risk of a trade war is uncomfortably high
Out of juice
Lessons from the failure of Northvolt
Governments blew billions on a battery champion. Time to welcome foreign investors instead
Letters
On assisted dying, the Central African Republic, airships
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
The Palestinian question
A broader peace is within Israel’s grasp, say Tamir Pardo and Nimrod Novik
Briefing
Inaugural call
How will Donald Trump handle the war in Ukraine?
And how will Ukraine, Russia and Europe respond?
All disquiet on the home front
The war in Ukraine is straining Russia’s economy and society
Despite advances on the battlefield, pressure is growing
Titan targeted
The Adani bribery case could upend Indian business and politics
The allegations against the corporate champion may end up being resolved diplomatically rather than in court
United States
The resistance, part two
Democratic states are preparing for Donald Trump’s return
Constraints on Tariff Man
Does Donald Trump have unlimited authority to impose tariffs?
Politics and justice
As Jack Smith exits, Donald Trump’s allies hint at retribution
Looking for a new Illinois
America’s rural-urban divide nurtures wannabe state-splitters
The spy who purged me
Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard are coming for the spooks
The Americas
One year of anarcho-capitalism
Javier Milei, free-market revolutionary
The limits of stability
Is Uruguay too stable for its own good?
Trade in North America
Mexico and Canada brace for Donald Trump’s tariff thrashing
The noose tightens
Bolsonaro’s bid to regain Brazil’s presidency may end in prison
Asia
The roads to the top
Meet the outspoken maverick who could lead India
Bureaucrats, not bridge-builders
Is India’s education system the root of its problems?
Undulating ungulates
Ice Age antelopes surge back from the brink of extinction
China
Getting revenge on society
China suffers eruptions from its simmering discontents
Exercises in fertility
China’s government is badgering women to have babies
GLP-1s and China
Wegovy hits the People’s Republic, at last
Middle East & Africa
A ceasefire in the Middle East
Israel and Hizbullah strike a fragile deal to end their war
America in Africa
America under Joe Biden plays the pragmatist in Africa
Surviving in Africa
New cures for Africa’s most gruesome diseases
Not just a warehouse
Nigeria seeks to restore pride in its artefacts, ancient and modern
Europe
America and NATO
The maths of Europe’s military black hole
An assault on Zaporizhia looms
Ukraine’s warriors brace for a Kremlin surge in the south
Double trouble
Marine Le Pen spooks the bond markets
Britain
The score for talent
How the best British employers find and promote their staff
The British opportunity index
The best British companies to work for to get ahead
Road rage
Can potholes fuel populism?
A British national champion
Adele is taking a break from music. Can anybody replace her?
Sexual courting
Britain’s Supreme Court considers what a woman is
Rathlin Island
A Northern Irish experiment in recycling
Securo-what now?
The slow death of a Labour buzzword
International
Gangsters’ paradise
The world is losing the fight against international gangs
Business
Breaking down
Will the trouble ever end for Volkswagen and its rivals?
What’s in store
TikTok wants Western consumers to shop like the Chinese
Tycoons in a knife fight
Elon Musk’s xAI goes after OpenAI
Fantastic but not plastic
Could seaweed replace plastic packaging?
Bartleby
On stupid rules and quick wins
Finance & economics
The price of patriotism
American veterans now receive absurdly generous benefits
Frothy holidays
Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Looking peaky
Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal
Buttonwood
The great-man theory of Wall Street
Free exchange
Why Black Friday sales grow more annoying every year
Science & technology
Large behaviour models
Robots can learn new actions faster thanks to AI techniques
Fellow feelings
Elon Musk is causing problems for the Royal Society
Magic money trees
Deforestation is costing Brazilian farmers millions
Culture
Treat your shelf
The best books of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Our Lady of the Carnations