The Economist - UK (2022-06-04)

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Contents

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On the cover

The world this week

7 A summary of political

and business news

Leaders

9 Atomic weapons

A new nuclear era

10 The world economy

America’s next recession

11 Colombia

Into the unknown

11 Coral and the climate

Great barriers

12 The Platinum Jubilee

Put out more bunting

Letters

14 On electoral reform,

wearable devices, India,

business and pleasure

Briefing

16 Nuclear weapons

A taboo-busting time

Britain

19 The Supreme Court

20 Boris Johnson’s future

21 Victorian market halls

22 Child offender, adult

criminal

22 The electricity grid

24 Treating flu like covid-

Europe

25 The battle of

Severodonetsk

26 Attacks on Kharkiv

27 America sends missiles

27 Germany’s dithering

28 Eco-bridges in France

29 Charlemagne Europe’s

new sanctions on Russia

United States

31 Not-so-super markets

32 Mall makeovers

33 la’s mayoral contest

33 Pro-choice clergy

34 Arguments after Uvalde

35 Policing differently

36 LexingtonThe zombie

nuclear deal

The Americas

37 Climate change in Peru

38 Peruvian floods

39 Colombia’s election

Middle East & Africa

41 Somalia’s new president

42 Congo’s rival neighbours

43 Poor courts in Kenya

44 Israel and Morocco

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By invitationTurkey’s

president, Recep Tayyip

Erdogan, explains why

his country is blocking

Sweden and Finland from

joining nato.

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With his threats to use the
bomb, Russia’s president has
overturned the nuclear order:
leader,page 9.The war in
Ukraine is unlikely to go
nuclear. But it is increasing
the risk that some future
conflict will: briefing,page 16.
Ukrainian troops face
encirclement as Russia
advances,page 25.Iran’s
defunct nuclear-containment
pact has contaminated
American politics: Lexington,
page 36

America’s next recession
A downturn looks likely. If it
happens it will be mild but
messy: leader, page 10,and
analysis, page 63

Genetics, germs and saving
reefsTo save some ecosystems,
humans must intervene more,
not less: leader, page 11.Corals
are threatened by global
warming. How pre-emptive
tinkering by people might be
able to save them, page 70

China’s overrated spies
They are good at hacking and
harassing dissidents. But in other
areas China’s spooks have a lot
to learn, page 50

Don’t take your whole self to
workIt is a bad idea: Bartleby,
page 61

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