A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Our polling of 1,600 people with YouGov suggests which party might blink first
Years of expeditionary operations leave it vulnerable if America abandons the continent
Closed borders will make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative
Tariffs, higher costs and Chinese retaliation hit hard
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, can Chinese biotechs go global?
Matthew Holehouse, our British politics correspondent, reports from the Conservative Party conference
Tunnelling between microscopic and macroscopic worlds
But in Manchester on Yom Kippur an attacker got through
A ceasefire will not end the region’s troubles
“Shadow Ticket” is as perplexing as it sounds
Takaichi Sanae is a refreshing change—but problems loom