What America and Israel’s attack on Iran means I The Economist

2026-01-27

President Xi Jinping has purged his top military officials, raising doubts about the China’s readiness for war.

2026-01-22

Ken Griffin, CEO and co-founder of Citadel, says tariff uncertainty has pushed up inflation and discouraged investment, while curbing immigration risks high prices and a loss of talent.

2025-12-08

Is an insurgency brewing in Syria? Gareth Browne, our Middle East correspondent, joins Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, to discuss Syria’s fraught transition one year after Assad’s fall and whether another uprising might be on the horizon.

00:00 – Could Syria face a new insurgency?
00:28 – What fault lines are emerging in Syria?
02:27 – How is the transition feeling on the ground?
03:25 – What are the economic and political challenges?
05:23 – What kind of state is being built?
06:47 – Is Syria heading toward a new authoritarian structure?

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2025-12-05

The Labour party stormed to victory in last year’s UK general election, following a long period in the political wilderness, but their popularity has collapsed since they took office. Like their European counterparts, they are facing pressure from the left and right. Our editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes sat down with Keir Starmer, the prime minister, to discuss his plans to address the country’s problems and what he makes of the rise of the insurgent Reform UK party.

Watch the full interview to hear how he hopes to meet the moment.

00:00 The fate of centrist politics
00:50 Reform UK’s policies
04:40 Britain’s relationship with the European Union
07:24 How Keir Starmer would sum up his politics on a bumper sticker

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2025-12-03

India is taking a different path on AI. It is embedding AI models built by Indian universities in the government tech stack.

On the latest episode of Inside Tech, Tom Standage and Alex Hern explain how India’s approach works and why it stands out globally.

00:00 – Why India’s AI strategy stands out
01:12 – Why language is important
03:05 – What India’s experiment means for global AI

Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4iyEJu7

How can a middle power compete in AI: https://econ.st/3Y5X48o

India has a unique opportunity to lead in AI: https://econ.st/4pa1ZBf

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2025-10-17

Despite stark warnings from The Economist when Donald Trump unveiled his tariff regime on ‘Liberation Day’, America’s economy continues to grow.
Will that continue? Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy editor and a panel of our journalists discuss whether they were wrong about the President’s trade policy–or if a reckoning awaits.

Subscribers can watch the full interview as part of our new video series “The Economist Insider”.

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Donald Trump’s fortress economy is starting to hurt America: https://econ.st/47bYe6n
Why Donald Trump’s tariffs are failing to break global trade: https://econ.st/42MRryS
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2025-10-11

The threat from Russia’s dark fleet is intensifying. The Economist examines how shadow ships help rogue states and criminal networks evade sanctions and conduct sabotage

2025-10-06

How did Donald Trump make the Gaza talks happen? Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, discuss the ongoing peace negotiations in Egypt and how America’s president was pivotal in making them happen.