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2026-04-02

What does Xi Jinping make of Donald Trump’s war in Iran? The Economist’s deputy editor Edward Carr, geopolitics editor David Rennie and foreign editor Adam Roberts have spent a week in China. They draw on their insights to discuss with editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes about what the third Gulf war means for China, Taiwan and the global balance of power.

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00:00 – How does China see the war in Iran?
02:34 – What does the war in Iran mean for American soft power?
06:08 – Is China ready to become the next global superpower

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2026-03-25

The Iran war has dealt another blow to the transatlantic alliance. But Sir Alex Younger, the former chief of MI6, sees a unique opportunity. He tells The Economist’s defence editor, Shashank Joshi, that the UK has been “infantilised” by the US security guarantee and that it must use this moment to reassess its relationship with hard power.

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2026-02-25

Elon Musk thinks the future of AI might not be on Earth at all—but in orbit.

On the latest episode of Inside Tech, Tom Standage and Alex Hern explore how orbital data centres would work, whether the numbers add up, and why this once outlandish concept is suddenly being taken seriously.

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00:00 – Why put data centres in space?
03:05 The numbers behind orbital compute
06:10 The race for AI dominance

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2026-02-17

Alcohol has shaped human history, from our ancestors’ descent from the trees to the formation of civilisations. But today a new wariness of booze is spreading. Natasha Loder, The Economist’s health editor, explores whether we have reached peak alcohol.

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2026-02-13

Takaichi Sanae, Japan’s prime minister, bet big – and won bigger – when she called a snap election. But who is she? And how will she use her historic mandate? Our editors explain.

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2026-01-23

NATO allies have quarrelled before, but never quite like this. Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland—and his willingness to use intimidation and economic coercion to get it—could deal a deathblow to the post-war order. Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a panel of our expert journalists discuss whether the diplomatic spat could be the end of the West as we know it.

00:00 What is the future of the transatlantic alliance and NATO?
01:00 Is this a permanent shift?
04:00 Is Europe prepared for this new world?

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2026-01-23

The boss of one of the world’s biggest banks says Donald Trump’s plan to cap credit-card costs would be an “economic disaster”. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, tells The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, that it would significantly harm many Americans and explains how to prove it.

2026-01-19

Will Trump invade Greenland? Shashank Joshi, our Defence Editor and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss Donald Trump’s renewed push to acquire Greenland, his threat of tariffs against NATO allies, and the strain this places on the alliance.

00:00 – Is anyone going to war over Greenland?
01:08 – Why does Trump want Greenland?
02:12 – Is this the most serious crisis NATO has ever faced?
03:31 – How does this affect the war in Ukraine?
07:28 – Is NATO really over — and what comes next for Europe?

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