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2025-02-05
The details President Donald Trump laid out for American ownership and redevelopment (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/02/05/donald-trumps-eye-popping-plan-to-make-gaza-american?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) of the Gaza Strip took everyone by surprise—not least Israel’s prime minister. As improbable as it all is, though, it may play into Binyamin Netanyahu’s hands. As a second-world-war-era dispute reignites

2025-02-03
Donald Trump takes office with a mandate to address illegal immigration. The question is not just whether his plan of mass deportations is possible – but whether America can even afford it #uspolitics #usnews #deportation #trump

2025-01-30
Our defence editor, Shashank Joshi, explains to video journalist @johnnyharris what a battlefield might look like if one side uses AI, but the other side doesn’t. Click the link in our bio to watch the full video

2025-01-24
Rachel Reeves has had a rocky start as chancellor of the exchequer. Our editor-in-chief meets her at Davos to dissect (https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/01/23/the-rachel-reeves-theory-of-growth?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) her plans for growth. Australia Day is coming up, but do not expect universal merriment: its date has become mired in a culture war (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/01/23/an-angry-culture-war-surrounds-australia-day?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:31). And our “Archive 1945

2024-11-29
In an interview with Javier Milei (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/11/28/javier-milei-my-contempt-for-the-state-is-infinite?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), our correspondent probes how far the “anarcho-capitalist” president plans to push his promise to slash spending and reform the state. Can seaweed (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/11/28/could-seaweed-replace-plastic-packaging?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) and other fibrous packaging replace plastic (11:51)? And remembering Celeste Caeiro

2024-11-18
America feared that letting Ukraine use US weapons (https://www.economist.com/topics/ukraine?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to attack far-off targets in Russia would escalate the conflict. Why has President Joe Biden finally changed his mind? Markets soared (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/11/14/whats-about-to-hit-the-world-economy?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) when Donald Trump was elected, but the longer-term impact of Trumponomics may be less positive (9:42). And why airships are back

2024-09-25
Sudan’s war is the world’s worst—but widely ignored. We explain the story behind the fighting. Watch part 2 here:
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“Hell on earth”: satellite images document the siege of a Sudanese city: https://econ.st/3XI7PNU
Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem: https://econ.st/4ewYeQF
Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years: https://econ.st/4ewVNO6
The ripple effects of Sudan’s war are being felt across three continents: https://econ.st/3XDAeEN

2024-09-19
2024 is the biggest election year in history, but The Economist estimated more than a third wouldn’t be free and fair. What is the worryingly effective playbook used by authoritarian leaders to rig elections?
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Read our global guide to election rigging: https://econ.st/4g6OBK9
How to combat electoral manipulation: https://econ.st/4dW3Q7i
India’s elections: a triumph for democracy: https://econ.st/3Mwn4UC
Read why America is a “flawed democracy” https://econ.st/47f6O3Y
Listen: how tech can strengthen democracy: https://econ.st/3z6vQpr
Read our democracy index report: https://econ.st/3X8mG3I
US election coverage: https://econ.st/3Z6WXLI
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