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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Race and social change: The new ideology of race The world economy: Tapering without the tantrum Nuclear proliferation: A better way to contain Iran Sino-American tensions: Techtonic plates Sourdough economics: The need to knead Letters to the editor: On the UN, foreign aid, Olof Palme, green finance, China, coronaspeak Race in America: Staying apart Turkey: Converting Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia France’s reshuffle: L’inconnu Italy: The last bandit Bosnia’s memory war: A genocide still denied Spain’s economy: A lopsided recovery Charlemagne: A Dutch dilemma Relations with China: About turn Human rights: From red carpet to blacklist Fiscal policy: Sunak’s summer splurge Economic data: Wrong numbers Theatres: Cast adrift Crime in lockdown: Catching up on their to-do lists Food: Retro diners Bagehot: Fading Anglophilia Jihad in the Sahel: Fighting a spreading insurgency Zimbabwe: For a few dollars more Ethiopia: The fragile federation Iran and the bomb: Booms in the night Economic policy: The covid bonus Kansas’s Senate race: The 88-year itch Policing: Bands of blue The courts: Reform squared Chaplains: Civil rites Lexington: The mark of Cain Brazil: Christianity, covid, contact Dominican Republic: A rare power shift Bello: Promise and disappointment Covid-19 in India: Flattening the wrong curve Regional development in South Korea: Seoul v the rest Asylum in Taiwan: A whispered welcome Australia and covid-19: Lock, unlock, repeat Lockdown in the Philippines: Four months and counting Banyan: Wai-five Civil society: Who you gonna call? Human rights: The party’s grip Chaguan: American soft power, trashed Race and liberal philosophy: In the balance Executive compensation: Pay guaranteed, performance optional Sino-American tech tussles: What goes up, and up and up Online business: E-shopping frenzy Bartleby: Parkinson’s law updated Schumpeter: The battle for low-Earth orbit The global economy: How to feel better China’s stockmarket: A bull market returns Global trade: Leading question The European Union: Seeking haven Stock exchanges: Down time Buttonwood: Default settings Free exchange: Which way, Jay? The 23rd International AIDS Conference: Social distancing Archaeology: How illuminating Climate change: Delayed cool Populism and democracy: Party like it’s 1999 Japan under the shogunate: A handmaid’s tale Johnson: Shock value Choral singing: Voices off Thought-provoking fiction: Not going gently Economic data, commodities and markets GDP and life satisfaction: Blessed are the rich in spirit William Dement: Perchance to dream Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)