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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon How to deal with despots The hard road back After the recession Cloudburst Stopping Somalis from starving On gas markets, priests, Shakespeare, China, folk cuisine, turning 65, games Jack Watling on how Ukraine can avoid a war of attrition Abe Shinzo’s legacy encompasses the Indo-Pacific, says his former speechwriter A dark state A nationalist turn Taking it back Fragile pact Cutting calories Delayed reaction Putin’s false piety Dreadneedle Street Happy champing Red line The unlikely dove More than hot air The laughing cavaliers Not coming to America Green-card blues Return fire Deus ex Manchina In search of evidence No lessons learned The gerontocrats Hunger in the Horn Drilling into the world’s lungs Nasty tsarist vibrations Weighty matters All hat, no cattle The fuel and the fire Obstacle course A fine balance Desperate measures Speaking terms Presidented Showing more bottle MBS: despot in the desert How magicians won Facebook East of Mariupol: what happened to the Ukrainians who fled to Russia? Look who’s stalking: the black leopards of Gloucestershire How to go to therapy without talking about your feelings Did this man spend 20 years in prison for murdering someone who is still alive? The sun is both our creator and destroyer Nationally determined contributors Diess-fenestration Oh, snap The perils of perfectioinsm Dogfight over Spirit Coming in to land Less growth, more credibility Through the floor Now and again Land-locked A grand old age Nudge factor Strange brew Going for a song Only an attitude remains Reality check Economic data, commodities and markets The vaxxed take Pax Darkness to light Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)