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Archive 1945
How The Economist reported on the final year of the second world war
Donald Trump’s first 100 days
We are tracking his second term. Keep tabs on his executive orders, cabinet and popularity
Finance & economics
Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?
Donald Trump’s team is about to bring digital finance into the mainstream
United States
A controversial idea to hand even more power to the president
Impoundment is about to come a step closer
Britain
Britain’s government lacks a clear Europe policy
It should be more ambitious over getting closer to the EU
The world in brief
Israel said it would not allow hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to northern Gaza until a female civilian hostage, whose release had been expected on Saturday, was set free...
Prosecutors in South Korea charged the suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, with insurrection, following his brief imposition of martial law on December 3rd...
Donald Trump said he would impose “emergency” tariffs of 25% on Colombian goods, after Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused entry to two American military planes deporting migrants...
The Trump administration will renew sending powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel...
François Hollande hopes to make the French left electable again
The former president moves away from the radicals
Bartleby: Knowing what your colleagues earn
The pros and cons of greater pay transparency
China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
When will something break?
Backpacks are, surprisingly, in vogue
They are following in sneakers’ path and becoming more fashionable
German election poll tracker
One month out, see who is ahead in the polls
Archive 1945
How The Economist reported on the final year of the second world war
Donald Trump’s first 100 days
We are tracking his second term. Keep tabs on his executive orders, cabinet and popularity
Donald Trump’s second term
America has an imperial presidency
And in Donald Trump, an imperialist president for the first time in over a century
Donald Trump has rewritten the history of January 6th
By pardoning violent offenders, he ignored his own team’s advice
Tom Homan, unleashed
America’s new border czar spent decades waiting for a president like Donald Trump
To end birthright citizenship, Donald Trump misreads the constitution
A change would also create huge practical problems
China, America and AI
Chinese AI is catching up, posing a dilemma for Donald Trump
The success of cheap Chinese models threatens America’s technological lead
China’s AI industry has almost caught up with America’s
And it is more open and more efficient, too
OpenAI’s latest model will change the economics of software
The more reasoning it does, the more computer power it uses
A $500bn investment plan says a lot about Trump’s AI priorities
It’s build, baby, build
World news
How (un)popular is China’s Communist Party?
As the economy falters and the social compact frays, Xi Jinping wants to know
Charlemagne: Europe faces a new age of gunboat digital diplomacy
Can the EU regulate Donald Trump’s big tech bros?
Donald Trump is targeting Mexico like no other country
The United States’ southern neighbour is bracing for a wave of deportees and trapped migrants
Can Brazil’s left survive without Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva?
Brazil’s current president, a titan of the Latin American left, has no apparent heirs
Business, finance and economics
The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Why don’t more countries import their electricity?
The economics make sense, but the geopolitics are nerve-racking
Free exchange: Do tariffs raise inflation?
Usually. But the bigger problem is that they harm economic growth and innovation
Germans are world champions of calling in sick
It’s easy and it pays well
More highlights
1843 magazine | The warlord, the oligarch and the unravelling of Russia’s Amazon.com
Before the Ukraine war, Wildberries was a giant of e-commerce. Now it’s caught up in a medieval blood feud
Archive 1945 | January 24th edition
This week: Germany’s war machine, and the liberation of Auschwitz
Sex, drugs or chastity?
Pope Francis has written the first memoir by a sitting pope. God help us
Back Story: Witty and wise, “A Real Pain” is a masterpiece in a minor key
Jesse Eisenberg’s deceptively slight film asks big moral questions
Russia and Ukraine
Russian pilots appear to be hunting Ukrainian civilians
Residents of Kherson are dodging murderous drones
Ukrainian scientists are studying downed Russian missiles
And learning a lot about sanctions-busting
What North Korea gains by sending troops to fight for Russia
Resources, technology, experience and a blood-soaked IOU
India’s Faustian pact with Russia is strengthening
The gamble behind $17bn of fresh deals with the Kremlin on oil and arms
The World Ahead 2025
Europe in 2025
Under its new government, Germany will move to the right
Getting the economy going will be the priority
Africa in 2025
Africa will have some of the fastest-growing economies in the world in 2025
Several fast-growing economies show that not everyone is having a lost decade
Business in 2025
Is this the year that Boeing turns itself around?
America’s aerospace giant will hope 2025 is better than 2024
Culture in 2025
China’s ultra-short dramas will enjoy long-term success
Entertaining and innovative, micro-dramas are flourishing both at home and abroad in 2025
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Well informed: Should you worry about microplastics?
Little is known about the effects on humans—but limiting exposure to them seems prudent
Edition: January 25th 2025
Project 1897: The imperial presidency
China’s lean, mean AI machine
The success of cheap Chinese models threatens America’s technological lead
Starmer needs an EU reset
And Britain’s prime minister needs to be clearer about what the country needs
Amping up electricity trading
Why don’t more countries import their electricity?
Pontification: the pope’s memoir
Pope Francis has written the first memoir by a sitting pope. God help us
The World Ahead 2025
Future-gazing analysis, predictions and speculation
The perils of the world’s third nuclear age
The South China Sea could become a major flashpoint in 2025
Pressure to migrate is increasing—but so is the backlash
India’s economy will soon overtake Japan’s
The year ahead will be perilous for Emmanuel Macron’s government
How the world lines up, from wars to whales
Special reports: January 11th 2025
The Africa gap
The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world is getting wider, says John McDermott
The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world is growing
Africa is undergoing social change without economic transformation
Africa has too many businesses, too little business
African elites should align themselves with their countries’ needs
The African investment environment is at its worst in years
To catch up economically, Africa must think big
