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2026-05-01

The price of oil has shot up past $126 dollars a barrel, its highest level since 2022. After months of shrugging off concern, markets are finally starting to reflect that the Strait of Hormuz might remain closed, taking about a seventh of the world’s oil supply offline. The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a panel of experts discuss how high the oil price could really go.

#oil #iran #straitofhormuz #economy #finance

00:00 – How high does the oil price need to go to balance supply and demand?
00:50 – Why has the oil price surged?
01:28 – Are traders in la la land?
03:12 – What has stopped the price from rising?

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2026-03-23

Former CIA analyst who served in Iraq and now a Democratic senator from Michigan, Elissa Slotkin says there’s no going back to the Obama or Biden era after Trump. She joins David Rennie, The Economist’s geopolitics editor, to discuss what’s next for American foreign policy and how the Democrats could win back the presidency in 2028.

#Trump #ForeignPolicy #Democrats #USA

00:00 – Has Trump changed America’s alliances forever?
01:09 – How the democrats will tackle the 2028 election
03:51 – Is America First foreign policy here to stay?

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2026-01-31

Is ICE an aggressive immigration agency or a paramilitary force?

On the latest episode of Insider, Robert Guest, our deputy editor, examines how the group compares with paramilitary forces elsewhere—and explains what the warning signs are to watch out for.

2026-01-27

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

2025-12-10

Excited to settle in with a new book this Christmas? Rachel Lloyd, our deputy culture editor, shares five of our top novels published in 2025.

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2025-12-05

Britain wants stronger growth—but politics keeps getting in the way. Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr and our Britain team unpack why closer EU ties remain difficult, how migration shapes the debate and whether the UK could ever rejoin the single market.

00:00 – Why not get closer to Europe?
02:10 – What is really happening with immigration
05:05 – How British voters feel about immigration

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2025-12-03

Arrested as he tried to leave Iran, Nicolas Pelham, The Economist’s Middle East correspondent, was detained for seven weeks in 2019. Now the regime has invited him back.