Leaders
Efficiency drive
Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?
So far, there is more destruction than creation
A perilous path
Israel’s expansionism is a danger to others—and itself
It risks turning hubris into disaster
Dark times
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is throttling Turkey’s democracy
But no one outside Turkey seems to care
The cost of uncertainty
The unpredictability of Trump’s tariffs will increase the pain
Businesses are struggling to adjust
Not too late
Labour can still rescue Britain’s growth prospects
But after a messy Spring Statement, the window of opportunity is narrowing
Prioritising foreign aid
First, jab more babies
As aid shrinks, donors and recipients should focus more on health
Letters
A selection of correspondence
Trying to define a “labour shortage” in economics
By Invitation
Briefing
Living by the sword
An unrestrained Israel is reshaping the Middle East
Its quest for hegemony will strain domestic cohesion and foreign alliances
United States
Re-education classes
MAGA is already rewiring American education
Bayou boundaries
America’s Supreme Court tackles a thorny voting-rights case
2 fast 2 furious
Texas troopers are in more and more lethal car chases
The Americas
Hispaniola
One island, two worlds
Just one big question
The strange revival of Liberal Canada
Disappearances in Mexico
A newly discovered killing site shocks Mexico
Asia
India’s history wars
Riots over a dead Muslim ruler put Narendra Modi in a tight spot
A new era for salarymen
Japanese people are starting to quit their jobs
China
Middle East & Africa
Troubled Rivers
Nigeria’s president pushes the limits of his power
My enemy’s enemy
Israel courts the Middle East’s minorities
The Jewish diaspora
The war in Gaza has unsettled the Jewish diaspora
Europe
Dictatorship’s edge
Protests are the last thing keeping Turkey’s democracy alive
Draining brains
Trump is driving American scientists into Europe’s arms
The longer they stay
Ukrainian refugees may be in Europe for good
Vowing not to be silent
A fight over a cloister in tourist-filled Florence
Britain
Events, Keir boy
Britain’s wimpish effort to balance its books
Calendar quirk
Why does the British tax year end on April 5th?
Critical infrastructure
Heathrow’s outage raises questions about Britain’s resilience
Draught-dodgers
Can Britons be enticed to fix their draughty homes?
Hospital pass
What is the future of British hospitals?
Bagehot
Who will speak for Henry?
International
Business
An X on his back
Musk Inc is under serious threat
Swamp creatures
Lobbyists hope that Trump will produce a bonanza
The chips are down
ASML’s boss has a warning for Europe
Finance & economics
Will he? Won’t he?
Trump’s tariff pain: the growing evidence
Spoiler power
How Europe can hurt Russia’s economy
Mo’ problems, mo’ money
Live music seems recession-proof. Thank ticket scalpers
A Latin American fintech star
Nubank has conquered Brazil. Now it is expanding overseas
Free exchange
Even priests need the free market
Science & technology
Don’t stop him now
Can Musk put people on Mars?
Hunt for the red-hot October
Climate change may make it harder to spot submarines
Well informed
How harmful are electronic cigarettes?
Culture
Television’s most valuable player
How Shonda Rhimes became a billion-dollar asset for streamers
The debt sealing
Transatlantic fights over war budgets are nothing new
Let’s air this out
Five years after covid, have scientists learned their lesson?
Unhappily ever after
What the controversial new “Snow White” can teach Hollywood
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
To Finland in a car boot