One Good Term Deserves Another: Biden Declare...

Reza Pahlavi, son of the shah deposed in the 1979 revolution, tells us he sees himself as the people’s choice to lead. We ask how that might work. Our correspondent reckons that, in a full accounting of buying versus renting a home, the smart choice has become clear. And our obit ...  Show more

As Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, meets with President Donald Trump, we talk through our exclusive polling on what the country wants for its future. Childhood in the age of AI promises to be bespoke and personalised—and perhaps also lonely and atomised. And ...  Show more

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The tone of America’s president-elect on China changed markedly through the campaign; his policies, at least at the outset, <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2020/11/19/joe-bidens-china-policy-will-be-a-mix-of-trumps-and-obamas?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=p ...

Although <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/05/21/greeces-prime-minister-wins-an-election-but-lacks-a-majority?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.li ...

In the final episode of our midterms series, we examine how the Republican party’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/10/27/why-the-republicans-anti-democracy-turn-has-become-normalised?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&ut ...  Show more