Jul 6th 2024

No way to run a country

Leaders

American politics

Why Biden must withdraw

The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise

Keir not

Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment

A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution

The northern front

Hizbullah poses a grave threat to Israel

But a war right now would be disastrous

Everything in store

As Amazon turns 30, three factors will define its next decade

It will have to deal with trustbusters, catch up on AI and revive its core business

The end of the beginning

Central banks are winning the battle against inflation. But the war is just getting started

Politics and protectionism will make life difficult

Cloud and dagger

How spies should use technology

Digital tools are transforming spycraft, but won’t replace human agents

NATO at 75

How to Trump-proof America’s alliances

An essential step will be to let Ukraine into NATO

Letters

On solar power, the New York Times bestseller list, Metallica, football, presidential debates

Letters to the editor

By Invitation

Briefing

Demotivational speaking

Democratic bigwigs are starting to call for Joe Biden to step aside

A sitting congressman has broken ranks

President Lear

Senility in high office

Even leaders who are spry for their age eventually lose their grip

Gerontocrats ascendant

One generation has dominated American politics for over 30 years

How have they become so entrenched?

A new podcast

Introducing “Boom!”

A six-part series about the generation that blew up American politics

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