The Economist March 19th 2022 5
Contents
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On the cover
The world this week
7 A summary of political
and business news
Leaders
9 China and Russia
The alternative order
10 The world economy
Trading with the enemy
11 Germany
Pacifist no more
11 Energy markets
Tilting at windfalls
12 Trans women in sport
Facing the facts
Letters
14 On the war in Ukraine,
bald eagles, leadership
Briefing
15 The war in Ukraine
Far from over
17 The risks of escalation
Thinking the unthinkable
Britain
21 Boris Johnson on war
23 Homes for refugees
23 The lse’s Floww deal
24 Hostages walk free
25 Life in a cold climate
26 Bagehot Rishi Sunak’s
revolting menu
Europe
27 Germany’s astonishing
new defence policies
30 Ukraine and President
Macron
30 Fascist talk in Russia
31 The cats and dogs of war
United States
32 The problems in prisons
33 Inmates and air con
34 Trans women in sport
35 The race to end abortion
35 Snow days
38 Fixing Puerto Rico
39 LexingtonJustice and
Mrs Thomas
The Americas
40 What holds Mexico’s
economy back
41 Mexico’s white elephants
42 BelloThe challenge for
Gabriel Boric
Middle East & Africa
43 Iran’s clandestine trade
44 Missile diplomacy
45 Africa’s jab lag
45 Tunisia’s sex workers
46 Coffee and climate change
By Invitation
Mikhail Khodorkovsky,
a former oil mogul and
political prisoner, argues
that Western leaders are
wrong to treat Vladimir
Putin as if he were a
statesman, economist.com/
by-invitation
The war in Ukraine will
determine how China sees the
world—and how threatening it
becomes: leader,page 9.
Despite what their rulers say,
the friendship between China
and Russia has boundaries,
page 51.The war is not yet at an
impasse, but it may be moving
that way,page 15.The risks of
escalation,page 17.The
disturbing relevance of
economists’ theories of nuclear
deterrence: Free exchange,
page 70
New rules for globalisation
Confrontation with Russia
highlights a growing tension
between free trade and freedom:
leader, page 10, and analysis,
page 63. Corporate winners and
losers, page 55
How real is Germany’s
Zeitenwende?Europe’s giant
has woken up: leader, page 11,
and analysis, page 27
Why windfall taxes are a bad
ideaPoliticians turn to a tax that
is enticing in theory, but tricky in
practice: leader, page 11, and
analysis, page 68
Awar interview with Boris
JohnsonBritain’s prime minister
tells The Economistabout the
ten-country coalition that could
be the first responder against
Russia, page 21
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