What does the war in Iran mean for Taiwan? | The Economist

2026-04-03

China is watching Donald Trump’s war with Iran closely. As The Economist’s geopolitics editor explains, Chinese officials and insiders say a weakened American president would be bad for them because, on China at least, “he’s the least hawkish person in Washington”.

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2026-02-23

Will AI replace white-collar jobs? Alex Domash, The Economist’s Economics correspondent, and Rosie, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss why AI is more likely to reshape white-collar work than replace it and what history teaches us about technological revolutions and the future of work.

00:00 – What is AI going to do for our jobs?
00:27 – Why are you optimistic about AI?
01:44 – What has been the impact of technological change in the past?
04:07 – Is it still possible that AI will be different this time?

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2026-01-05

Donald Trump has captured the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and put him in American custody. The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes asks a panel of our experts which countries could be next on the president’s list.

00:00 – Which country is most at risk?
01:10 – What pushed Donald Trump to capture Nicolás Maduro
01:50 – The threat to Greenland
03:48 – How worried are people about annexation?

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The United States has captured Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro: https://econ.st/4969Qu2

How the Pentagon snatched Nicolás Maduro: https://econ.st/4qvMFyY

Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere: https://econ.st/45Dimyi

The many risks to Donald Trump’s plans to “run” Venezuela:

2025-12-31

How do journalists at The Economist guard against groupthink? Our editors explain the importance of reporting in the field, in a special Insider episode where they answer your questions.

2025-12-24

Is China prolonging the war in Ukraine? China is Russia’s biggest trading partner and the top buyer of Russian oil, sparking criticism that Beijing is enabling Moscow’s war machine. The Economist’s Geopolitics editor, David Rennie, speaks to Da Wei, a professor at Tsinghua University, to gauge how the Chinese government would respond to such allegations.

2025-11-13

Harry famously said to Sally that men and women can’t be friends because "the sex part always gets in the way". Was he correct?

2025-11-11

Between 2001 and 2024, a quarter of Madagascar’s native rainforest has vanished. At this rate of destruction, those ecosystems will be entirely wiped out by the end of the century. Could collecting and preserving the seeds of the endangered plants help repair the country’s ancient forests?

00:00 – Collecting seeds in Madagascar
00:18 – Why do Kew have a seed bank?
01:10 – What was the trip like?
05:27 – The seed-collection process
07:32 – What happens next?
09:00 – How could seed banks help?
10:03 – Impact of Madagascar’s military coup
10:37 – Will Madagascar benefit?

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2025-11-07

In Britain, France and Germany the populist right are leading in the polls. Could the National Rally, the AfD or Reform UK revive their respective countries? Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, deputy editor, speak to a panel of our experts about what the populists are promising, why they’re so popular and how they could reshape Europe.

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00:00 – Why is the populist right so popular?
02:50 – How Nigel Farage is moderating as he gets closer to power
03:35 – Alice Weidel and the AfD
05:08 – The populist right and economic growth
06:50 – How would the RN deal with the European Union?

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Jordan Bardella starts to lay out his plans: econ.st/3XeUAnO

France’s Fifth Republic is in