The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores domestic and international issues, business, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts.
The world this week • To 6am GMT March 17th 2022
The alternative world order • The war in Ukraine will determine how China sees the West—and how threatening it becomes
Trading with the enemy • Confrontation with Russia highlights a growing tension between free trade and freedom
Pacifist no more • The giant at the heart of Europe has woken up at last
Tilting at windfalls • Governments should not seize energy companies’ profits
Facing the facts • Biology must sometimes trump identity. Sport offers the clearest example
Letters
No end in sight • KYIV AND MYKOLAIV
The third week of war:
Herman’s ladder • How things get worse
Rotten porridge • CHICAGO
Cruel and unusual punishment • DALLAS
Swimming in controversy • The issue of transgender women is splitting the sporting world
Abort mission • NEW YORK
Say it ain’t snow • NEW YORK
You lovely island • SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Courting trouble • There is no conflict between Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife’s unhinged activism. That is the problem
Can’t grow, won’t grow • MEXICO CITY
Planes, a train and automobile fuel • FELIPE ÁNGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The heart and head of Gabriel Boric • Chile’s new president won from the left. Can he govern like that?
The resurrection of Najib Razak • JOHOR BAHRU
Heat island • MUMBAI
Side-effects • TOKYO
Into the ground • COLOMBO
Behind the shoji screen • An uncomfortable debate about nuclear weapons resurfaces in East Asia
Testing the “limitless” • BEIJING
China tweaks its covid strategy • Beating the Omicron variant will require more vaccinations and less fear
The dhow usually wins • KHASAB
Message by missile • Iran takes advantage of the crisis in Ukraine to attack Iraq’s Kurds
Behind by a country vial • CAPE TOWN
Game over • TUNIS
Hot coffee • NAIROBI
Ploughshares to swords • BERLIN
Unassailable • POISSY
The Z factor • Russian propagandists turn on pro-Western “traitors”
The cats and dogs of war • KYIV AND LVIV
NATO-lite • KYIV AND LONDON
An unappetising menu • Does Rishi Sunak have the stomach for what he must swallow?
Value-chain reaction • NEW YORK
Good news and bad news • CNN enters the streaming business at an opportune moment
Read and follow • Companies will need to up their game to comply with Russia sanctions
Should I stay or should I go? • BERLIN
Tonal language • SHANGHAI
WeBinged • A corporate fiasco makes for strangely compelling television
Loafing can be work • Daydreaming, promenading and zoning out all pay rich dividends
The silicon state of mind • Has Silicon Valley lost its monopoly over global tech?
Economic freedom v political freedom • SAN FRANCISCO
A deep ditch • HONG KONG
With reservations • The new dilemmas of foreign-exchange reserve managers
A Russian phenomenon • WASHINGTON, DC
When China met the free market • A nickel-trading fiasco leaves three big unanswered questions
Power grab • Politicians turn to a tax that is enticing on paper, but tricky in practice
False promise • NEW YORK
War games • The disturbing new relevance of...