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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Welfare in the 21st century: Bouncing back Fiscal policy in Britain: St Augustine’s economics The Middle East: It’s complicated Chinese politics: The darkest corners Ten years after 3/11: The lessons of Fukushima Letters to the editor: On decarbonisation, Russia, America’s constitution, diversity, biodiversity, foreign expressions The future of the welfare state: Shelter from the storm Price controls in the Philippines: Pig mistake Myanmar: The shooting starts Internet freedom: Web of regulation The Fukushima disaster: Nuclear decay Banyan: Asia’s unjabbed arms Domestic security: Scraping the bones Dissent in Hong Kong: The law kicks in Chaguan: Red tourism in Xi’s China America and the Middle East: Exodus, chapter 41 The Senate: Slimming tips Esoteric radicals: Red and black Building in San Francisco: If I had a hammer The sperm and egg business: Swimming freestyle Evangelicals after Trump: Two nations under God Christians in Iraq: Still bearing the cross Lebanon: A jab among friends Homophobia in Africa: Out and preyed on Nigeria: Tomato truce Elections in El Salvador: The millennial caudillo The Chango people: A sea change Bello: A gap between Chile and the rest EU border policy: New kings of the wild frontier France: An end to impunity Napoleon’s bicentenary: An emperor’s clothes Armenia: After the war Alexei Navalny: Prisoner of confusion Charlemagne: A Swabian success story The budget: A game of two halves Levelling up: The Tees party Refurbishing Number 10: Grand designs Scottish politics: A funny smell in Holyrood Labour in Scotland: Stopping the rot Unlucky students: Swindled? Aristofascists: Nazi parties Bagehot: The art of the steal Debt diplomacy: Here we go again Vaccine-making: Racing ahead Business and covid-19: DAX vaxxers Bartleby: A shot in the dark Chinese law firms: Expansion, your honour! Gambling in China: Let the good times roll The glass-ceiling index: More cracks appear Socially distant shopping: Drive-through rules Packaged food: Breadwinners Schumpeter: The smuggest guys in the room Financial markets: The inflation bogeyman Buttonwood: Lament for the pointy-heads Greensill Capital: Accounts due China’s economy: Taper test Platform economics: The price of fame Universal basic income: Cheques and balances Free exchange: The fragile four Computers and sign language: Unspoken understanding Face-masks and covid-19: Helpful humidity Carbon capture and storage: Supergrass Spies and technology: Machine intelligence Hacking history: Origami in reverse Gene-editing: Tomorrow’s world Cyber-security: Zero hour Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel: More than human Artistic licence on screen: History plays Economic data, commodities and markets Covid-19 vaccines: Six of one Cicely Tyson: Beauty and defiance Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)