Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The Intelligence: Leave your umbrella at home
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It took more than 20 years for Hong Kong’s legislature to pass Article 23, a sweeping and troublin...
The Intelligence: The power of positive tinkering
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bank of Japan has ended its grand experiment in unconventional monetary policy—how did it work...
The Intelligence: F is for falling standards
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America is producing more high-school graduates—but on average, they know less. We ask how a push ...
Checks and Balance: Growth states
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not long since America was widely thought to be on the brink of recession. Instead the econom...
The Intelligence: Russia’s sham election
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Voting begins today in an election that has already been won – all the opposition politicians are ...
The Intelligence: Is time up for TikTok?
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US Congress is refusing to scroll past the app’s links to China. If the bill they passed becom...
The Intelligence: Russia pushes back on Kharkiv
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The northeastern province has been subject to more and more shelling, and Western officials are worr...
The Intelligence: Europe is not so hot on its green parties
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Melting ski slopes, floods and droughts are enraging the continent’s citizens, but not quite enoug...
The Intelligence: Kim Jong Un’s fighting talk
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the hermit kingdom is getting ever cosier with Russia, it is becoming bolder in its provocations ...
The Intelligence: Haiti’s latest nightmare
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite growing pressure from powerful local gangs, Ariel Henry, the prime minister, is refusing to ...
The Intelligence: Labour’s union
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A steady 20-point lead in the polls suggests that the Labour Party could comfortably win Britain’s...
Babbage: The science that built the AI revolution—part one
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is intelligence? In the middle of the 20th century, the inner workings of the human brain inspi...
The Intelligence: A Super predictable Tuesday
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a result that will surprise few, America is on track to hold a rematch of the 2020 presidential e...
The Intelligence: Modi’s battle for the south
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The richer, more urban region does not just differ economically, but politically too. Can Mr Modi to...
The Intelligence: Pressures for peace
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The international push for a ceasefire in Gaza continues, but the tragedies keep coming; in many way...
The Weekend Intelligence: Life and fate
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A year on from our series Next Year in Moscow, Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition ...
The Intelligence: Drug gateway
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A visit to a port of entry at America’s Mexican border reveals the difficulties in stopping the fl...
Money Talks: Is the West losing its sanctions war?
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been two years since Russia brought war to Ukraine. America, Britain and the European Union may...
The Intelligence: Redoubled agents
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A slew of spycraft mishaps might suggest Russia’s once-great intelligence services have hopelessly...
The Intelligence: If Beijing had a ballot
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some within China might prefer another Donald Trump presidency while others might favour Joe Biden. ...
The Intelligence: Horn under a bad sign
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The birth rate of unicorns—firms with a valuation north of $1bn—has plummeted, and prior investo...
The Intelligence: Coming to a Nikki end
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a 20-point primary walloping in South Carolina, the state she governed for eight years, Nikki ...
The Intelligence: Ukraine’s war, two years on
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this roundtable discussion our editors examine how the past year has progressed, discuss how thin...
The Intelligence: No water, no lights, no beds
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hardened war-zone doctors say the situation in Gaza is the worst they have witnessed—and that will...
Babbage: The hunt for dark matter
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dark matter is thought to make up around a quarter of the universe, but so far it has eluded detecti...
The Intelligence: I’m your private lander, a lander for money
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If it succeeds—and that is no sure thing—this week’s soft landing of Odysseus will be the firs...
The Intelligence: Faith-based reeling
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
China’s firms are shedding value at pace and foreign investors are starting to look elsewhere. We ...
The Intelligence: Russia after Navalny
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At last President Vladimir Putin’s regime has succeeded in silencing the country’s most prominen...
The Weekend Intelligence: One day in the life of Alexei Navalny
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Alexei Navalny flew back to Russia in 2021 he never made it through passport control. In an exc...
The Intelligence: Out-of-this-world war
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is not science fiction. Space is already a part of modern warfare and as technology advances, i...
The Intelligence: A former general, elected in Indonesia
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prabowo Subianto stormed to victory in the world’s largest single-day election. But critics say hi...
The Intelligence: Split bill
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After an all-nighter, a $95bn foreign aid bill for Ukraine and other allies passed the US Senate. Bu...
Drum Tower: The sounds of old Beijing
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In some ways, Beijing now sounds like a lot of other mega cities. Yet, back in imperial times, sound...
The Intelligence: Undoing PiS poor laws
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Tusk’s predecessors in the hard-right PiS party captured the state and compromised its chec...
The Intelligence: Troubled waters
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Squabbles over the seas and their tributary waterways are becoming more tense as rivalries deepen an...
Checks and Balance: Strike accord
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America has launched strikes against Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East, in response to an a...
The Intelligence: General dynamics
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As had long been telegraphed, Ukraine’s top general Valery Zaluzhny is now out; Oleksandr Syrsky i...
The Intelligence: Going for broker
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondent is travelling with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on yet another gruell...
The Intelligence: At a crossroads (really)
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In one of this year’s largest votes, Indonesia will elect a new president in one week’s time; th...
The Intelligence: They thought it was Sall over
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Macky Sall, Senegal’s president, has said he would not stand again. So what to make of the move to...
The Intelligence: Strikes, a careful balance
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dozens of air strikes in Iraq, Syria and Yemen were designed to show American resolve without themse...
The Intelligence: Will Apple’s customers share its Vision?
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, Microsoft briefly overtook the iPhone maker as the world’s most valuable company. As A...
The Intelligence: Vietnam’s golden opportunity
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The populous South-East Asian country is uniquely well-positioned to benefit from the deepening rift...
The Intelligence: Indonesia’s election, more TikTok than tick-box
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Campaigning for a coming election in the world’s fourth-most-populous country has been almost enti...
Drum Tower: Competing for kids
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
China’s decades-long economic boom was powered by workers who migrated from the countryside to cit...
The Intelligence: China’s ever grander property crisis
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the country’s biggest property companies, Evergrande, has been crippled by its debt. What d...
The Intelligence: Iran increases the stakes in the Middle East
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Iran-backed proxies have killed three American soldiers and injured dozens of others in their weeken...
The Weekend Intelligence: Digital Ghosts
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As life moves progressively online, it is becoming increasingly possible to keep people alive in the...
The Intelligence: Milei’s laborious reforms
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, Argentina’s labour unions have seemed like they can’t be touched. But the country’...
The Intelligence: what AI could mean for the world’s poorest
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Generative artificial intelligence dominated conversations at Davos this year. How might education a...
Babbage: Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on their vision for AI
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI and Microsoft are leaders in generative artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI has built GPT-4,...
The Intelligence: Donald trumps Haley in New Hampshire
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
His decisive victory demonstrates just how much of a hold he still has on the Republican party, but ...
The Intelligence: is Germany al[t]right?
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party represents a growing anti-immigrant rhetoric in the country,...
The Intelligence: Ron down, two left
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He went from being the most viable challenger to Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, to endo...
The Intelligence: the relentless audacity of Alexei Navalny
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ominous disappearance of Russia’s opposition leader led many to fear the worst. But he has tur...
Money Talks: Europe’s luxury crown
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
European firms dominate the global luxury landscape, accounting for two-thirds of sales and nine of ...
The Intelligence: The darkness before the Don
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of America’s business leaders reckon a second Trump term would be worse for them and for the ...
The Intelligence: Gaza’s ever-graver crisis
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A tentative aid deal in Gaza is just a sliver of what is needed; hunger and disease may well claim m...
The Intelligence: The CCP would like chips with that
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
China’s flip-flopping on video-game regulation reveals a messy message: leaders want to encourage ...
The Intelligence: Independents’ day
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Taiwan’s election of William Lai Ching-te of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party is ...
The Intelligence: Air strikes on Houthi rebels
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America and its allies delivered on a threat to retaliate against Houthi rebels in Yemen who have be...
The Intelligence: Growing, no pains
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America seems to be in a best-of-worlds scenario: growth is outpacing expectations even as inflation...
The Intelligence: Emmanuel override
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel Attal, France’s youthful new prime minister, represents President Emmanuel Macron’s rene...
Drum Tower: Taiwan goes to the polls
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
China is watching Taiwan’s next presidential race closely. The results will influence Xi Jinping’...
The Intelligence: Country code
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As with many technologies that preceded it, generative artificial intelligence is increasingly viewe...
The Intelligence: If a tree falls in the Amazon
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondents travel through the rainforest, seeing the pollution and clear-cutting firsthand. ...
Checks and Balance: Biden or bust
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden’s chances against Donald Trump in November do not look good. He is unpopular and his age...
The Intelligence: The city that never slipped
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Brexit to covid-19, nothing has yet stymied London’s successes. The city has its problems, bu...
The Intelligence: Workers of the world, delight!
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Labour markets are changing in all kinds of ways, thanks to ageing societies, hot-running economies ...
The Intelligence: the killing of a Hamas leader
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Saleh al-Arouri has long been a high-priority target for Israel and his death could weaken the Pales...
The Intelligence: Volodymyr Zelensky on Ukraine’s year ahead
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Vladimir Putin promises to intensify Russia’s attacks, Mr Zelensky is frustrated at the waverin...
The Intelligence: 2024 is a big year for democracy
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Citizens across more than 70 countries will be heading to the polls over the next twelve months. It’...
The Intelligence: the notable deaths of 2023
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Only at the end of the year can a full appraisal be made of the figures—and landmarks—that the w...
The Intelligence: The Economist reads
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What can A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke tell us about AI? Does Shakespeare's Othello contain a w...
The Intelligence: The Economist explains
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On our website and in our app, “The Economist explains” is one of the best-read features. Today ...
The Intelligence: who wins The Economist’s country of the year?
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Which country improved the most this year? Nominations poured in from across the editorial departmen...
The Intelligence: searching for the elixir of life
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists are making considerable progress in the race to slow the ageing process of our cells, and...
Money Talks: There’s no business like it
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We raise the curtain on the business of New York’s iconic theatre district. Broadway has been stru...
The Intelligence: Alice Weidel’s alternative plan for Germany
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our Berlin bureau chief sits down with the increasingly popular co-leader of the Alternative for Ger...
Babbage: Science book club
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Books are the original medium for communicating science to the masses. In a holiday special, produce...
The Intelligence: Colorado blocks Donald Trump’s candidacy
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The state’s supreme court has ruled that he cannot appear on the Republican primary ballot, citing...
The Intelligence: Congo’s election
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a dubious win in 2018, Felix Tshisekedi is running for office again in the Democratic Republic...
The Intelligence: Red (Sea) alert
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In response to the war in Gaza, Iran-backed Houthi militants are attacking vessels along the key shi...
The Weekend Intelligence: MH17 and the battle for truth
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For almost a decade The Economist’s Noah Sneider has been following the story of MH17, the passeng...
The Intelligence: Zelensky’s plea
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping to secure more aid from Washington. But the decision rests with a divid...
The Intelligence: is America’s media fair?
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
News outlets are often hounded by the right for being too left-leaning. Our data show there might be...
The Intelligence: good COP, bad COP?
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a landmark agreement, nearly 200 nations have agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. Howeve...
The Intelligence: Antisemitism and freedom of speech
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Hamas attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza, debate at America’s top academic institutions...
The Intelligence: French fly, catch up
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondent joins the French air force on a mission in the Baltics, seeing increasing support ...
The Intelligence: America’s culture wars brought to bears
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the American West, grizzly bears are spreading—and fights over protecting them under the Endang...
The Intelligence: Putin’s growing advantage
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Even before America’s tussle over funding Ukraine’s war effort, it seemed as if Russia was gaini...
The Intelligence: No more Mr Nice-to-Guyana
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
By the numbers, the outcome seems clear: Venezuelans voted to annex much of newly minted petrostate ...
Drum Tower: Stand-up feminists
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tickets for “Nvzizhuyi”—a monthly stand-up comedy show in New York City— often sell out in l...
The Intelligence: I spy, with my Valley eye
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The cradle of American technology was once known for its libertarian values—but as law-enforcement...
The Intelligence: Israel pushes south in Gaza
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As its ground offensive appears to be expanding, Israel is acutely aware that time and international...
The Weekend Intelligence: A nation on a knife's edge
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, and our Russia and Eastern Europe editor, Ark...
The Intelligence: meeting Ukraine’s first lady
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Olena Zelenska foresees a time when her family can regain a quiet life. Our editor-in-chief sits dow...
The Intelligence: Henry Kissinger’s legacy
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The doyen of diplomacy has died, leaving a complex legacy. Following extensive interviews with him e...
The Intelligence: Swede demons
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Drug-related shootings and bombings are on the rise. Policies are changing and law-enforcement budge...
The Intelligence: as Zuck would have it
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The singular focus on the metaverse of Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s boss, fretted investors. But in the...