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Europe’s populist right
December 13, 2025
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The world this week
Leaders
On the rise
Can anyone stop Europe’s populist right?
The national security strategy
More reasons for America’s friends to plan for the worst
The global economy
Don’t fear China’s trillion-dollar trade surplus
A major question
America’s Supreme Court should strike down Donald Trump’s tariffs
Entertainment
The battle for Warner Bros is a prelude to the real streaming war
Letters
By Invitation
Briefing
Britain
Contact with reality
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has moderated in office
’Tis the season to be stingy
Britain’s pitiful Christmas bonuses
ChatPC
Why Britain’s police forces are taking to AI
Changing the subject
A new breed of quizzer is wresting control of an old hobby
Ewe-turn
What’s behind the revival in the price of British wool
Bend it like Barnet
Pro-growth sports fans are getting organised in Britain
Europe
Biting the bullet
Russia is not as resilient as it wants you to think
Working the bouncers
Albania is trying to charm its way into the EU
Stumbling towards peace
Talks stall between Turkey’s government and the Kurds
From Russia with gas
Europe bans Russia’s gas exports, but still buys its gas-based fertiliser
One battle after another
Ukraine struggles to cope with America’s destructive peace plans
Rolling crisis
Ukraine’s trains, the country’s lifeline, have money problems
United States
The war over independence
The Supreme Court is handing Donald Trump more power
Paradise lost?
Miami elects a new mayor at a pivotal moment
Spies and narcos
How much does America know about its boat-strike targets?
Point of contact
College campuses have become a front line in America’s sports-betting boom
Dr Feelbad
American doctors are rich and miserable
Lexington
All hail “The President of Peace”
Middle East & Africa
The promise of Simandou
A giant iron-ore mine could bring Guinea riches or ruin
A peace deal without peace
Donald Trump has not ended conflict between Congo and Rwanda
Sorry states
Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis
No time like sometime
A window of opportunity for reform in Lebanon is closing
A dangerous border
Israel refuses to withdraw from Syria
The Americas
Asia
China
International
Business
That’s not all, folks!
Netflix and Paramount are battling for more than Warner Bros
Bot and sold
How AI is disrupting shopping
The Nvidia way
Donald Trump’s flawed plan to get China hooked on Nvidia chips
Nannying the internet
From social media to porn, age checks are spreading across the web
Speeding downhill
Vietnam’s EV champion is bleeding cash
Bartleby
A short guide to every business-hotel room
Schumpeter
Oracle and the hard truths about software
Finance & economics
Muito bom
Which economy did best in 2025?
Deal season
Wall Street is drooling over bank mergers
Interest rates
America’s bond market is quiet—almost too quiet
Cheap shots
What a stiff drink says about China’s economy
Buttonwood
Asia’s inexpensive AI stocks should worry American investors
Free exchange
Germany has a lawyer problem
Science & technology
Culture
Make America Bake Again
The apple-pie-scented world of conservative women’s media
Climbing the Tower of Babel
The race to translate the Bible into every language by 2033
Art and exile
India’s best-known artist gets his own museum—in Qatar
Strike a chord
The best albums of 2025
A decent proposal
Proposing this Christmas? Go for a yellow-gold ring
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