Back to front: visiting Ukraine’s firing line

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An ousted former opposition leader started a new party—called the New Party. We assess its chances at the ballot box, and under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s thumb. A surrogacy scandal in Germany has prompted a government reshuffle, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz left holding ...  Show more

As diplomatic efforts played out in Saudi Arabia our correspondent recounts travels along the nearly unbroken <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/08/02/ukrainian-soldiers-describe-their-experiences-battling-russia?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_so ...

In this roundtable discussion our editors examine how the past year has progressed, discuss how things may go over the next year and consider a few fundamentally positive truths about the whole conflict. Meanwhile our senior producer travels through Ukraine, getting a measure of ...  Show more

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Russian troops have withdrawn from suburban Kyiv to focus on the eastern Donbas region. With Western weapons for Ukraine flowing in, a grinding war of attrition looms. For our French-election series we meet members of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, which has <a href="https://www ...  Show more