The Economist Asks: Can we learn to disagree better?
In a polarised world the opportunities to disagree are plentiful – and frequently destructive....
The Economist Asks: Can we learn to disagree better?
In a polarised world the opportunities to disagree are plentiful – and frequently destructive....
The Economist Asks: How can America counter China and Russia?
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping bonded on basketball courts when they were vice-presidents. Today their...
The Economist Asks: How should America tackle the border problem?
The deaths of 53 migrants in San Antonio, Texas is a reminder of the risks taken to enter America...
The Economist Asks: How has Ukraine changed warfare?
As the Ukraine conflict grinds into its fifth month, host Anne McElvoy and Shashank Joshi, The...
The Economist Asks: Boris Johnson resigns – what next?
After days of mounting pressure–sparked by a scandal involving his deputy chief whip–Britain’s...
The Economist Asks: What’s the future for Hong Kong?
Twenty-five years ago, Britain returned Hong Kong to China. The handover was based on a promise...
The Economist Asks: How can governments fight inflation?
Consumer prices across the rich world are rising by more than 9% year on year, the highest rate...
The Economist Asks: Will America finally pass gun-control legislation?
The US Senate has reached a bipartisan gun-reform agreement that, if passed into law, could be...
The Economist Asks: How do our culinary choices shape the world?
When chef Alice Waters opened her restaurant Chez Panisse, she sparked a food revolution in...
The Economist Asks: How is the Russian crisis changing Germany?
Since reunification, Germany has sought stable relations with Russia. That changed with Vladimir...
The Economist Asks: How will the war in Ukraine change the world economy?
This week the global elite gathered in Davos for the World Economic Forum against a backdrop of...
The Economist Asks: Is the United Nations fit for purpose?
The war in Ukraine has put the organisation’s founding principles and its authority on the line....
The Economist Asks: What if America reverts to abortion bans?
For 50 years, women in America have had a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. Now, a...
The Economist Asks: Could the Ukraine war turn nuclear?
In ten weeks of conflict Vladimir Putin has not been afraid to rattle the nuclear sabre. Western...
The Economist Asks: Will Russia’s war criminals face justice?
Evidence of Russian war crimes litters the landscape of Ukraine. But it’s a long trudge from the...
The Economist Asks: Carl Bildt
The war in Ukraine has driven Finland and Sweden to rethink their long-held position on...
The Economist Asks: Bob Menendez
President Joe Biden began his presidency wanting “stable and predictable” relations with Russia....
The Economist Asks: Ingrida Simonyte
Host Anne McElvoy asks the prime minister of Lithuania if today’s Russia threatens the Baltic...
The Economist Asks: Volodymyr Zelensky
At his headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine’s president tells Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s...
The Economist Asks: What more should the West do to help Ukraine?
As the war in Ukraine enters its second month, Nato and European leaders have pledged to send in...