Trump’s foreign policy
America’s bullied allies need to toughen up
To avoid being crushed, they need a better plan than flattery and concessions
China
China’s super-smart Tesla-killers
Carmakers are pushing for autonomous driving’s “ChatGPT moment”
Leaders
Time is running out for Syria’s president
He must share power if he is to hold his country together
The world in brief
Vladimir Putin said that Russia agrees with the “idea” of ending the war in Ukraine but suggested that negotiations should “remove underlying causes” of the conflict...
The S&P 500, an American stock index, entered correction territory, falling by 10% from its record high in February...
Hours before his confirmation hearing, the Trump administration withdrew its nomination of Dave Weldon to run the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, America’s primary public-health agency...
A federal judge ordered six American government agencies, including the treasury and defence departments, to rehire thousands of probationary workers that the Office of Personnel Management moved to fire at DOGE’s direction...
The education department is halved overnight
What does that mean for education in America
Is Zelensky a disliked dictator or a popular hero?
Our poll of Ukrainians shows a surprising shift in the president’s ratings
Lexington: Donald Trump is setting new boundaries for political speech
You can probably guess who’s still free to say what they want
Meet Generation Alpha
People are curious about what’s in store after Gen Z. But there is a problem
Discover more
The Intelligence
What is in the Ukraine-ceasefire proposal—and what is not?
Tracking the presidency
How popular is Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this year, the Liberals are surging
This week
This week’s most important political stories
Around 800 people die in clashes in Syria, Rodrigo Duterte is extradited to the Netherlands—and more
This week’s most important business stories
US stocks continue falling, the EU imposes tariffs on €26bn of US exports—and more
Letters to the editor
On smartphones, aid spending, poverty in India, baseball, football, erotic writing
The weekly cartoon
A lighter look at this week’s events
Trump’s economic fallout
Trump’s erratic policy is harming the reputation of American assets
Like the stockmarket, the dollar is also suffering from falling confidence and rising confusion
America’s trade hawks fear the gaps in Trump’s tariff wall
Even as markets reel, some firms want the president to get tough on enforcing duties
Will America’s stockmarket convulsions spread?
Investors are hurrying to find alternatives—but all face difficulties of their own
How Trump provoked a sell-off
Will the president win back investors? Does he even want to?
Games
Dateline history quiz
Guess when these extracts were published in The Economist
Mini crossword
A weekly puzzle based on the week’s news
Pint-sized news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
Edition: March 15th 2025
America’s new foreign policy
The new economics of immigration
Nativists say that migrants raise house prices, cost money and undermine economic growth. Do they have a point?
Will the shooting stop in Ukraine?
Probably not. But by agreeing to a 30-day ceasefire, Ukraine has won back crucial American weapons and intelligence
The real lesson of China’s latest AI
The boom is reaching astonishing proportions
Jesus Christ: screen saviour
Let there be lights, camera, action!
