Category Archive: 5) Global Macro

Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Historic, yes. Game-changer? Probably not. Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/4bSCoWE Read more about the 2024 US elections: https://econ.st/4bF3q3X Read our leader on the verdict: https://econ.st/4dWFkDn Listen to our US podcast, “Checks and Balance”: https://econ.st/3yIkdo8

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The former president was found guilty (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/05/30/the-disgrace-of-a-former-american-president?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) on all 34 charges of falsifying business records. But his convictions leave lots of room for appeals, and for supporters to cry foul. South...

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Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing a third term atop the world’s biggest democracy. A tea-seller’s son, Mr Modi began life an outsider and the man behind the political phenomenon remains hard to fathom. India has become an economic powerhouse during his ten years in charge. But he’s also the frontman for a chauvinistic Hindu nationalist dogma. Can Mr Modi continue to balance...

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Ahead of a general election (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/05/22/rishi-sunaks-election-call-makes-no-sense-but-is-good-news?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in July, we reflect on 14 years of Conservative rule. It’s not a great record, but will the prime minister be able to spin it on the...

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NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has called on allies to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of NATO weapons inside Russian territory. Speaking to The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Stoltenberg discussed in detail how the alliance can deal with the multiple threats Russia poses to global security—and prepare for a second Trump presidency.

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Four years ago Belarus’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, stole a presidential election. Belarusians have just voted again, in parliamentary and local polls. This time there was little chance of a repeat of the protests that followed the rigged vote in 2020. How has Mr Lukashenko tightened his grip? 00:00 - Why Lukashenko is called “Europe’s last dictator” 00:57 - How Lukashenko came to power 01:29 - Why Lukashenko is dependent on Putin Sign up to...

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The Economist interviewed Alexei Navalny, who has reportedly died in an Arctic penal colony, in the run-up to Russia’s 2018 presidential election. He discussed the breadth of his political support, his experiences in prison and offered some predictions for the future of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. 00:16 - The death of Navalny 00:41 - Navalny in prison 02:00 - Putin’s goals Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Alexei...

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Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, has died in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle, according to the Russian prison service. Listen to this excerpt on Navalny’s life and career from our podcast series “Next Year in Moscow”. Original podcast: Producers: Sam Colbert, Pete Naughton, Ksenia Barakovskaya, Lika Kremer; Sound design: Weidong Lin; Original music: Darren Ng; Executive producer: John Shields. 00:00 - Alexei...

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Prabowo Subianto, the frontrunner in Indonesia's election, hides a dark past. He has been accused of war crimes, overseeing the abduction of democracy activists and falsely declaring victory in two elections. Who is Prabowo and what does this election mean for the most powerful nation in South-East Asia? 00:00 - Who is Prabowo? 00:41 - Prabowo’s attitude to democracy 01:23 - What does this election mean for Indonesia? Sign up to The Economist’s...

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Things look bleak in the Middle East after Binyamin Netanyahu scorned America’s push for an end to the fighting. But in private he’s said to be more flexible. Could diplomacy actually work? 00:00 - The Saudi normalisation deal 00:42 - Israel and Saudi Arabia’s history 01:10 - How to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 02:26 - Will the deal happen? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI To read more on the...

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What if text prompts enabled anyone to make a blockbuster movie, or even an entire box-set’s worth of TV? That is the promise of AI. This technology could one day prove as transformative to the movie business as sound, colour, or even the camera itself. Generative AI can already make videos in seconds which would normally take a visual-effects artist days to create. However it has yet to master photo-realistic video. The people at the forefront of...

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