The Intelligence from The Economist

Since the Arab spring the country has vastly expanded its military and diplomatic efforts—filling an evident power vacuu... Read more

The army already had plenty of political power, but following a landslide election loss it dramatically seized more. Aft... Read more

Western fashion brands are in Chinese consumers’ crosshairs, the victims of political wranglings over sanctions and huma... Read more

America’s first presidential debate was unmitigated chaos, revealing little more than the rancour between the candidates... Read more

Killing Iran’s top military commander does not seem likely to further America’s aims for the region. What should America... Read more

The ongoing unrest is no longer about a rise in metro fares; Chileans have risen up to demand that the prosperity of the... Read more

The country has roundly rejected its dictatorship-era charter and mapped out how to fashion a new one. What do Chileans ... Read more

For decades, the country has been an almighty consumer of the fizzy drink. But amid a woeful covid-19 situation politici... Read more

After previously unthinkable scenes played out in Washington’s legislature, we ask what the violence will mean for the p... Read more

Crippling blackouts can be explained in part by the state’s unique energy market, but the disaster exposes wider failure... Read more

After petrol subsidies were slashed, protests of surprising ferocity have flared up across the country—and neither the g... Read more

For the first time in decades, a non-Peronist president will peacefully hand over power. But the new president—and his d... Read more

The Trump administration makes Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro an offer he seems sure to refuse: an end to sanctions in retur... Read more

President Emmanuel Macron’s draft bill walks a fine line balancing the country’s foundational secularism and worries abo... Read more

Again, the annual COP conference ran long and ended with disappointment. Why can’t countries agree on what so clearly mu... Read more

By the numbers to date, Sweden's light-touch covid-19 measures may not seem successful. But its pragmatism takes an inst... Read more

The covid-19 pandemic has caused the country’s first GDP dip in more than four decades. What struggles still lie ahead f... Read more

Global markets tanked yesterday as governments reported startling rises in covid-19 cases. Our correspondents around the... Read more

Today’s public-sector demonstrations in Zimbabwe are just the latest in a wave of protests around the world. We look int... Read more

A predictable outcome in President Donald Trump’s Senate trial will have unpredictable effects on executive power and co... Read more