The Intelligence: Israel pushes south in Gaza

With Iran emboldened and America an ever more capricious security partner, Gulf countries face several post-war challenges. They should put their divides aside to tackle them. We dig one last time into our archive to chronicle American history, bringing our series up to the prese ...  Show more

For all the Trumpian chaos in Latin America, no other developing-world regional economy has done so well in the past year. We examine the Donroe dividend. The cost to make jollof rice, a staple dish in Nigeria and Ghana, is a window into the countries’ economies. And the BBC wave ...  Show more

As its ground offensive appears to be expanding, Israel is acutely aware that time and international support will run out; we examine its <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/12/03/israel-is-now-fighting-hamas-and-the-clock?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_mediu ...

A tentative aid deal in Gaza is just a sliver of <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/01/10/just-how-bad-is-it-in-gaza?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_ ...

As the retribution continues, the state has now cut off supplies to the Palestinian enclave, and America is sending military support to Binyamin Netanyahu. But how will <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/10/09/after-its-brutal-attack-hamas-is-calcul ...

There is little left, in terms of people or infrastructure, in <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/11/15/the-battle-of-northern-gaza-is-almost-over?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content ...