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The world this week
The Fed that failed • America’s central bank has made a big mistake. What comes next will set the path for the world economy
Give them the tools • As the next phase of the war begins, the West needs to send more weapons
Somebody else’s problem • Britain’s deal to ship asylum-seekers to Rwanda could wreck the post-war refugee system
How to become a porcupine • What Taiwan can learn from Ukraine about resisting invasion
Vested interests • New tools are making companies more accountable to small investors. Good
Letters
“War is here” • TAIPEI, TOKYO AND WASHINGTON, DC
Greener than thou • LOS ANGELES
Cottage industry • LOS ANGELES AND DENVER
The long arm of tribal law • TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA
The white gloves stay on • NEW YORK
Special K • NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS
James Madison’s skeletons • A row over the management of Montpelier illustrates the racial politics of cultural preservation
The United States of Mexico • LOS ANGELES AND SANTA ROSA
Enemies with benefits • CARACAS
Asia’s Ukraine dilemma • DELHI, HANOI, SEOUL, SINGAPORE AND TOKYO
Moo with the times • VAJEGHAR
Sung and dance • SEOUL
Just this guy, you know • Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s presumptive next leader, would like to be liked
Democracies and the dragon • The West’s spooks worry about China’s political interference
The Russian treatment • HONG KONG
The blame game • BEIJING
China’s elitist covid rules • The pandemic revives old fears about migrants from humble places
The call of the south • ANKARA AND MOGADISHU
Monetising Mandela • JOHANNESBURG
Sour milky way • CAIRO
Unhappy royals • AMMAN
A new phase begins • Fighting has intensified in the Donbas region
The eighth week of war: The military situation
The reticent Mr Scholz • BERLIN
The loss of the Moskva
Finger in the wind • Georgians back Ukraine, their government less so
From Kyiv to Venice • Protests and politics will dominate the Biennale
France decides • MARSEILLE AND PERTUIS
If you can’t embargo it, tax it • Imposing tariffs on Russian oil and gas would be an ingenious way to hobble Vladimir Putin
The big squeeze • Britain’s belt-tightening is only just beginning
Boris, the Bishop basher • For the Conservative government, fighting institutions trumps actually governing
Habeas carbon • The courts are increasingly important in the fight against climate change
The power of the proxy • NEW YORK
Commercial brake • The battered streamer tries to tempt back subscribers with ads
Take this, sucker • NEW YORK
Calling all sharks and dragons • Got money to spare? These startups for the modern workplace need your capital
Hungry, hungry unicorns • SAN FRANCISCO
Musk’s megaphone • The Twitter saga is contemporary capitalism gone rogue
Hawks take flight • WASHINGTON, DC
The hesitant v the urgent • HONG KONG
The Roman question • CERNOBBIO
Stronger links • WASHINGTON, DC
Get up and go • SAN FRANCISCO
Executive exit • SHANGHAI
Life above zero • The era of cheap money may be ending, but investors will still reach for yield
A spectre returns • Economists and...