How India is rewriting the AI playbook

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.

2025-10-24

Steve Bannon says the MAGA movement reshaping America is now sweeping across Europe, claiming that Nigel Farage will be Britain’s next prime minister.

He spoke to Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Ed Carr, our deputy editor, in Washington, DC about the populist forces he believes are surging across the continent—from France and Germany to Britain.

Watch the full interview at www.economist.com/insider

2025-10-18

Cybercrime is on the rise, increasingly afflicting large businesses as criminals use the threat of operational disruption to extort ever-larger ransoms. Our AI writer, Alex Hern joins Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, to discuss how companies and governments should respond to this growing threat.

0:00 – Why are cyberattacks increasing?
2:46 – Who are the hackers targeting?
3:04 – Why was the Jaguar Land Rover attack so costly?
4:11 – What are we learning from these attacks?
4:55 – How should companies respond?
6:24 – What role should governments play?

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Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4on4Zt1
Cybercrime is afflicting big business. How to lessen the pain: https://econ.st/48zH3OM
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2025-10-16

Germany’s hard-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is more popular than ever. One in four Germans now support it. Yet despite its rise, the party remains shut out of power.

2025-08-21

90m people in Nigeria don’t have access to electricity. The Economist’s Africa correspondent, Ore Ogunbiyi, explains why Nigeria has more people without electricity than any other country

2025-08-11

McKinsey, the consulting giant, is approaching its centenary, but growth has slowed and rivals are closing in. Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Tom Lee-Devlin, our business editor, explore whether this industry titan can stay top dog.

00:00 – Has McKinsey lost its shine?
00:40 – What is happening at McKinsey?
01:09 – How did McKinsey grow in the past?
02:08 – How does McKinsey compare to BCG?
03:05 – Why are McKinsey struggling?
04:17 – Could AI be a threat to consultancy?
05:25 – How could AI change the industry?
06:33 – What will be the long-term impacts of AI for McKinsey?

Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4lfnk9L
How McKinsey lost its edge: https://econ.st/4m75B5m
McKinsey and its peers need a new strategy. And some humility: https://econ.st/4mCrE40

2025-06-25

Donald Trump claims to have “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme, but early defence reports suggest the damage has cased a delay of only a few months. As our deputy editor, Edward Carr, argues, the American president has gambled, but not yet won.

2025-06-24

The director-general of the Royal United Services Institute, Rachel Ellehuus, examines the strengths and weaknesses of European military capabilities, in an interview with our defence editor, Shashank Joshi