Inside China’s mini-Hollywood
2025-12-18
Micro-dramas may only be a few minutes long, but they are crammed with racy plot lines and taboo topics. Don Weinland, The Economist’s China business and finance editor, visited one of the largest production studios to see behind the scenes of this popular industry.
Britain’s political system is struggling
2025-12-17
The Economist has crunched the data to analyse how chaotic the next general election could be.
How is Russia testing the West?
2025-12-10
Russia’s confrontation with the West isn’t playing out on a traditional battlefield. It’s unfolding through sabotage attempts, cyber operations and political interference—all part of a widening grey-zone conflict.
On Inside Defence intelligence expert Gordon Corera joins David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, to explore the Russian mindset and how Western governments should respond.
00:00 – Russia’s siege mentality
01:03 – Sabotage, proxies and grey-zone tactics
02:05 – Why deterrence no longer works
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Why hasn’t Keir Starmer made bigger reforms?
2025-12-04
The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, pushes Keir Starmer on why he hasn’t made bigger reforms, given the pressure Britain’s Labour party is under from the populist right-wing.
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