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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon The new energy order: Power in the 21st century Inflation: Off target Multinational business and protectionism: Birth of the Frankenfirm Deliberative democracy: Amateurs to the rescue Abortion: Pills by post Letters to the editor: On dementia, the Beatles, scientific management Energy’s new world order: Petrostate v electrostate Russia’s local elections: Winning from death’s door Spanish history: A law to fight Franco The eastern Mediterranean: Anchors awry Germany’s economic recovery: Zombie dawn Charlemagne: Europe’s asylum compromise Britain after Brexit: Opening the taps Abortion: Call to action Covid-19: Flunked Northern Ireland: Up(load) the RA Unemployment: Pain in unexpected places Public art: For God’s sake Threats to Britain: Into the greyzone Bagehot: Boris v the blue blob Ethnic tensions and state violence: Ethiopia’s transition is in peril Public spending in Ghana: High noon for half-bridges Politics in Uganda: Divided we stand Banning names: Sorry, you’re not on the list Israel and the Arab world: End of the illusion Donald Trump’s record: The master’s bidding HBCUs: Historically back Resort towns: The virus in paradise The 2020 campaigns: Following the money Abortion by pill: No scrubs Lexington: Fire and ice Colombia: Fight crime, not war Barbados: Bajan bye-bye Bello: The return of the Monroe doctrine After Abe: Searching for Suga-san The Afghan peace negotiations: Clearing their throats Labour in Singapore: Aggrieved Parti Liberals, Nationals, marsupials: Koalition politics Pacific plebiscites: No island is an island Banyan: No pay, no rights, no recourse Bangladesh and China: Two-timing Indian politics and media: Covid? What covid? Wuhan’s recovery: Washing away the tears Social class: The landlords are back Chaguan: The politics of poverty Deliberative democracy: Some assembly required Business and climate change: The great disrupter Physical impact: A grim outlook Regulation: Costs of carbon Carbon offsets: Cheap cheats Legal risks: Guilty by emission Technology: Green machines The future: Directing the disruption The future of carmaking: Journeys in the Teslaverse Electric altercations: Short circuit Not quite beyond petroleum: A less oily BP Chipmaking: Integrating circuits Sino-American tech tussles: Trump card Bartleby: The only way is ethics The database business: Steam engine in the cloud Schumpeter: The perils of stakeholderism The world economy: The 90% economy, revisited China’s recovery: One-armed fighter International trade: Continuity candidate Climate finance: The meaning of green One-woman show: Women on Wall Street European stock exchanges: Shotgun wedding Buttonwood: McJobbers and brokers Free exchange: Altered vistas Planetary science: A sniff of life? Biodiversity: We started the fire Cloud computing: Better down where it’s wetter Cyber-power: Digital dominance Africa goes pop: From Nollywood to Netflix Banlieue cinema: The dancer and the dance Richard Wagner: A hateful beauty Energy and politics: Maps about chaps Johnson: Cawfee break Economic data, commodities and markets Investing: Value judgment Joan Feynman: Getting to know the Sun Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)