Netanyahu: Arab leaders don’t care about the Palestinian issue

2025-12-28

What will the world look like in 2026? From wars in space to a superhuman sporting event, and the battle for America’s 250th birthday celebrations—these are some of the stories that will shape the coming year.

00:00 – The World Ahead 2026
00:21 – Competition in space intensifies
03:14 – Central banks face political pressure
05:56 – A superhuman sporting event
08:49 – The battle for America’s birthday

Read more on The World Ahead 2026: https://econ.st/442AJfi

Military competition in space will intensify: https://econ.st/48Vvv6U

Expect mediocre growth and, in America, too much inflation in the year ahead: https://econ.st/4p6kfL4

The sports tournament where drugs are allowed: https://econ.st/4slOP6n

A divided America celebrates its 250th birthday: https://econ.st/49jkbmj

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2025-12-18

Micro-dramas may only be a few minutes long, but they are crammed with racy plot lines and taboo topics. Don Weinland, The Economist’s China business and finance editor, visited one of the largest production studios to see behind the scenes of this popular industry.

2025-12-17

The Economist has crunched the data to analyse how chaotic the next general election could be.

2025-12-10

Russia’s confrontation with the West isn’t playing out on a traditional battlefield. It’s unfolding through sabotage attempts, cyber operations and political interference—all part of a widening grey-zone conflict.
On Inside Defence intelligence expert Gordon Corera joins David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, to explore the Russian mindset and how Western governments should respond.

00:00 – Russia’s siege mentality
01:03 – Sabotage, proxies and grey-zone tactics
02:05 – Why deterrence no longer works

Watch the full show: https://econ.st/44SuJ9r

Read our coverage on how Russia is testing the West: https://econ.st/4pVzRCD

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2025-10-29

How could Russia win off the battlefield? The EU’s top diplomat and our geopolitics editor, David Rennie, discuss how Putin could achieve his objectives if Ukraine becomes a failed democracy. Kaja Kallas says democracy in Ukraine is not perfect, and it would need further reform to become a member of the European Union.

2025-10-22

Where are China’s missing moguls? Since the start of the year, 39 Chinese business leaders have vanished into Liuzhi—a detention system created as part of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption crackdown. Don Weinland, our China business and finance editor and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss the extent of these sinister disappearances.

00:00 – Chinese bosses are being detained
00:50 – What is the Liuzhi detention system
02:08 – How many CEOs have disappeared?
03:14 – Why is Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign increasing
05:15 – How else are businessmen being persecuted?
06:43 – High suicide rates among Chinese businessmen

Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4osBCph
China’s disappearing bosses: https://econ.st/47uNWjf
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2025-08-24

Feminists believe that men and women are in all important respects equal. But getting people, especially men, to accept that truth and act on it has been the work of centuries. These five books could help you understand the large, evolving and controversial subject of modern feminism

2025-07-15

Why are American firms suddenly so hungry for British services? Archie Hall, our Britain economics correspondent, explains why there’s a silver lining amid all the bleak news about the British economy.

00:00 – How has Britain become so cheap?
02:30 – The attractiveness of the services economy
03:16 – How America is taking advantage of bargain Britain
04:30 – British assets are also becoming cheap
06:43 – The silver lining

Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/450l69b
Britain is cheap, and should learn to love it: https://econ.st/46IjcLC
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