Jul 11th 2020

The new ideology of race: and what's wrong with it

The world this week

Leaders

Race and social change
The new ideology of race

A set of illiberal ideas about how to tackle American racism will only hinder progress

The world economy
Tapering without the tantrum

A guide to when and how to pare back stimulus

Nuclear proliferation
A better way to contain Iran

Sabotage might set back Iran’s nuclear programme. A deal would limit it

Sino-American tensions
Techtonic plates

The tech cold war is hotting up

Sourdough economics
The need to knead

With lockdown easing in many parts of the world, the time has come to say no to dough

Letters

Letters to the editor
On the UN, foreign aid, Olof Palme, green finance, China, coronaspeak

Briefing

Race in America
Staying apart

Black Americans have made too little progress since the 1960s. Realistic policies to speed things up exist

United States

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

The Americas

Brazil
Christianity, covid, contact

Dominican Republic
A rare power shift

Bello
Promise and disappointment

Asia

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

China

Civil society
Who you gonna call?

Human rights
The party’s grip

Chaguan
American soft power, trashed

Middle East & Africa

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

Europe

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

Britain

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

International

Race and liberal philosophy
In the balance

Business

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

Finance & economics

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?

Science & technology

The 23rd International AIDS Conference
Social distancing

Archaeology
How illuminating

Climate change
Delayed cool

Books & arts

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 & financial indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets

Graphic detail

GDP and life satisfaction
Blessed are the rich in spirit

Obituary

William Dement
Perchance to dream