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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon Inflation: The Fed that failed Dealing with refugees: Somebody else’s problem Ukraine: Give them the tools Fending off China: How to become a porcupine Shareholder democracy: Vested interests Letters to the editor: On Ukraine and the EU, business ethics, Britain, Hungary, hotels, water Russia and Ukraine: Ian Bremmer counts the cost of the war to Vladimir Putin Russia and Ukraine: Dominic Lieven says empires eventually end amid blood and dishonour Russia and Ukraine: Poland’s prime minister says the West’s appeasement of Vladimir Putin must stop Geopolitics: “War is here” Ukraine: A new phase begins Germany and Ukraine: The reticent Mr Scholz Georgia and Russia: Finger in the wind Art and the war: From Kyiv to Venice The French election: France decides Charlemagne: If you can’t embargo it, tax it The cost of living: The big squeeze De-Corbynising Labour: Red and buried Greenery in Scotland: Carbonny Ronald Fisher: Window pains A city that won’t grow: NIMBY of the north Bagehot: Boris, the Bishop basher Turkey and Africa: The call of the south South Africa: Monetising Mandela Business in Egypt: Sour milky way Jordan: Unhappy royals Climate change: Greener than thou Extra homes: Cottage industry Oklahoma: The long arm of tribal law Dust-up with doormen: The white gloves stay on Ketamine clinics: Special K Lexington: James Madison’s skeletons Migration: The United States of Mexico Venezuela: Enemies with benefits Democracies and autocracies: Asia’s Ukraine dilemma Cattle trading: Moo with the times North Korea: Sung and dance Banyan: Just this guy, you know Chinese influence abroad: Democracies and the dragon China and the West: The Russian treatment Covid-19: The blame game Chaguan: China’s elitist covid rules Climate lawsuits: Habeas carbon Central banks: Distraction disease Emergency response: Balance-sheet manoeuvres Social issues: One-stop policy shops Environmental concerns: Climate curious Going digital: Monopoly money Geopolitics and war: Caught in the crossfire Looking ahead: The curse of competence Central banks: Sources and acknowledgments Investor activism: The power of the proxy Climate change: Take this, sucker Netflix: Commercial brake Bartleby: Calling all sharks and dragons Technology: Hungry, hungry unicorns Schumpeter: Musk’s megaphone The Federal Reserve: Hawks take flight China’s economy: The hesitant v the urgent Debt in the euro zone: The Roman question Supply chains: Stronger links China Merchants Bank: Executive exit Entrepreneurship: Get up and go Buttonwood: Life above zero Free exchange: A spectre returns Human space flight: Suited, rebooted Space war: Launch break Archaeology: Light entertainment Biology: The worm turns Contraception: Tubular gels Art in China: Pretty as a picture Kingsley Amis at 100: With a little help from his friends Conflict and how to avoid it: The roads to war “Letter from an Unknown Woman”: Love’s labour’s lost Memorable lives: Down to the river Johnson: On the origin of languages Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Mariupol’s destruction: Scorched earth Peng Ming-min: A taste for freedom Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)