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| Over 17,000 American and allied troops have descended on islands in the Philippines, seemingly for annual training exercises. But they're also serving as a deterrent force against a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. |
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Is it gaslighted or gaslit? Greenlighted or greenlit? Even native English speakers get confused which is correct. Our language expert, Lane Greene, explains why some verbs have two past-tense forms. #language #english #grammar
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Tucker Carlson: Trump betrayed America First | The Economist
2026-03-19
Has Donald Trump betrayed America First? Tucker Carlson thinks so. In an interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Carlson argues the war on Iran was launched on Israel’s timetable, not America’s, and that the idea behind it “is not only contrary to America First, it may be its inverse”.
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Britain’s chancellor: closer EU relations are in our national interest | The Economist
2026-03-18
“Better trade relations with the EU is in our national interest,” Rachel Reeves tells The Economist’s Rachana Shanbhogue. “It would be foolish to just carry on as we are.”
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Will Putin be the real winner in the Iran war?
2026-03-13
As the oil crisis intensifies, Russia has a lot to gain from Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East.
Why civil war is brewing in Iran
2026-01-29
Is civil war brewing in Iran? Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss internal tensions in the country and why some protesters seem to be turning their backs on peaceful demonstrations.
00:50 – What are Iran’s two opposing camps?
02:56 – What does this deepening divide mean for politics?
03:57 – Why has Iran shifted from protest to civil conflict?
06:16 – Is there any way to stop a civil war?
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Is this how the Western alliance dies?
2026-01-23
Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland—and his willingness to use intimidation and economic coercion to get it—could deal a deathblow to the post-war order. Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a panel of our expert journalists discuss whether the diplomatic spat could be the end of the West as we know it.
Is China the new superpower?
2025-12-12
It has been a good year for China. The country is winning its trade war with America. China is mastering new technologies and becoming an even more fearsome competitor in global markets.
Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and deputy editor Edward Carr sit down with our top China experts to assess what—if anything—could halt China’s rise.
00:00 – How strong are China’s armed forces?
03:02 – What could undermine the Chinese economy?
05:07 – The threat from China’s population
08:41 – Will China be the new superpower?
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What we know about the Ukraine peace plan
2025-12-01
Plagued by corruption and weakened on the battlefield, Ukraine now risks being beaten at the negotiating table, too. If it does not show that it is willing to talk peace, it risks losing American support. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a panel of our experts dissect the latest peace plan and what it means for Ukraine.
00:00 – What we know about the negotiations
03:30 – Who leaked the Steve Witkoff-Yuri Ushakov call?
04:48 – The details of the “peace plan”
06:35 – What the deal could mean for Ukraine
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