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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon The pandemic: Not Britain’s finest hour Geopolitics: The new world disorder India and China: Elephant v dragon Climate change and investing: The trouble with green finance Global trade: Invisible hands Jeff Bezos: The genius of Amazon Letters to the editor: On prosecutors, the media, mercenaries, Greek, carbon pricing, the Bible, Andrew Johnson Amazon: And on the second day… Green investing: Hotting up Poland’s election: Playing the family card Belarus: The slipper revolt The covid economy: Spending big to save jobs France: The call of the wild Charlemagne: How a dining club took over the EU Covid-19: Trust me, I’m a prime minister Drug discovery: Small ticket, big difference Anti-racism protest: What next? Diplomacy and foreign aid: Will charity begin at home? Bookshops: Just browsing Bagehot: Losing his grip Covid-19 in Africa: Testing times Malawi: President v people Football and war: More than a game African cities: A tax on all your houses Syria: From bad to worse State finances: The calamity ahead LGBT rights: A wider umbrella Midwives: Ripe for rebirth John Bolton’s revelations: National security chastiser Bill de Blasio: How’s he doin’? Maine politics: The race of the long driveways Lexington: A shovel-ready project Covid-19: Leaving lockdowns Uruguay: Standing apart Bello: Breaking a gentlemen’s agreement The Sino-Indian border: Death valley South Asian civil servants: Manners maketh district commissioners Migrant workers in Singapore: Breathing room Inter-Korean relations: In the dust Banyan: A bad rap? The South China Sea: Identify yourself Fighting the pandemic: It’s back Chaguan: Why China bullies Pandemics and war: Horsemen of the apocalypse The new world disorder: Missing in action Power plays: Who’s in charge? Global firefighting: Missions impossible New START’s end?: Avoidable Armageddon Reform: Grand redesigns Reflections at 75: The wisdom of youth Three future scenarios: Bedlam, bumbling or boldness? Luxury in the pandemic: Fashion victims Race in Silicon Valley: Beyond the pale Bartleby: Waging war on recessions Samsung: No end in sight Business in China: Chopped and screwed JAB Holding: The Reimann hypothesis Schumpeter: Zoom and gloom The Federal Reserve (1): From yields to maturity The Federal Reserve (2): Swapping panic for calm Poverty in China: Clarifying the battle lines The euro area: Better tailored The economics of reparations: Forty acres and a mule Buttonwood: The detail on retail Global trade: Ninety percent of everything Free exchange: Changing room Arctic exploration: Pole position The fate of nations: Too many setbacks Goths v Romans: Loser’s justice Alfredo Jaar: Opening the black box Rewatching “The Prisoner”: He was not a number Illness in literature: Climb every mountain Economic data, commodities and markets The Sahel: The next Afghanistan? Lily Lian: The lark of metro Barbès Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)