What China’s military learnt from Trump’s Venezuela raid
2026-01-17
Has Trump’s Venezuela raid helped China plan military strikes? Jeremy Page and Sarah Wu, co-hosts of the Drum Tower podcast, discuss whether America’s extraction of Nicolás Maduro could offer lessons for a possible future attack on Taiwan.
#theeconomist #venezuela #china
Could Donald Trump end Iran’s internet blackout?
2026-01-14
Iran is experiencing its sixth day of a nationwide internet blackout, as authorities try to quell some of the biggest protests the country has ever seen. President Trump has said he wants to “rescue” the protesters and help restore the internet—can he?
Netanyahu: we didn’t carpet bomb Gaza
2026-01-10
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu defends his country’s record in Gaza in an interview with The Economist.
Has the world reached “peak Trump”?
2025-11-26
There is no love lost between Donald Trump and John Bolton, his former national security adviser. Mr Bolton made a dramatic exit from the first Trump administration after months of tension. Since then he has been a fierce critic of the president’s character and competence. He has also been indicted for transmitting and storing classified information—which he denies. Mr Bolton joins David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, to dissect Mr Trump’s worldview, evaluate his America-first foreign policy and consider the future of American power.
00:00 – Is Donald Trump on a “downhill slope”?
02:19 – What Trump could do as a lame-duck president
03:29 – Has Trump damaged America’s institutions irreparably?
05:21 – The long-term impact of ‘America-First’ foreign policy
Watch the full interview:
Why the world’s population is heading for collapse
2025-11-19
The UN has predicted that the global population will peak in 2084. Our top economics editors explain why we could reach that milestone sooner than expected. Plus, what people often get wrong about why birth rates are falling.
Watch the full show to learn about the economic impact of falling fertility rates—and whether that spells catastrophe.
00:00 – Where fertility rates have fallen
01:28 – When will the world’s population peak?
05:16 – Why women are having fewer babies
Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4ppyDyF
Don’t panic about the global fertility crash: https://econ.st/4nxGpFl
Humanity will shrink, far sooner than you think: https://econ.st/4oS6u3l
A contracting population need not be a catastrophe: https://econ.st/43CEXKy
America’s fertility crash reaches a new low:
Is NASA close to finding life on Mars?
2025-10-03
How close is humanity to discovering life on Mars? NASA scientist Dr Katie Stack Morgan joins Alok Jha, host of The Babbage podcast, to discuss new research that might finally answer the age-old question.
Thumbnail image source: NASA
00:00 – What makes Perseverance the most advanced Mars rover ever?
02:02 – What exactly did Perseverance discover in Sapphire Canyon?
03:39 – Could the “poppy seeds” and “leopard spots” on the Martian rock be signs of life?
06:11 – When did scientists start thinking this might be biological?
07:55 – What needs to happen to confirm life on Mars?
08:46 – Will these Martian samples ever make it back to Earth?
09:49 – What would it mean to prove life once existed on Mars?
#TheEconomist #Mars #nasa
Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4nC5Ru2
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Will President Trump’s peace plan work?
2025-09-30
Following pressure from Donald Trump, Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has been strong-armed into a Gaza peace deal. Our Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom considers whether Hamas will agree to the deal.
Why Trump is bailing out Argentina’s Milei
2025-09-25
President Trump has taken the unusual step of stabilising Argentina’s peso, showing just how far he’ll go to support ideological allies like Javier Milei. Our Latin America correspondent, Kinley Salmon, explains why this intervention may do little for Argentina’s economy—or Milei’s re-election
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