Mar 21st 2015

Spreading fear, losing ground: The weakness of the Islamic State

The world this week

Leaders

The war against Islamic State

The caliphate cracks

Though Islamic State is still spreading terror, its weaknesses are becoming apparent

China on the world stage

A bridge not far enough

America is wrong to obstruct China’s Asian-infrastructure bank

Greece v Germany

Dangerous liaisons

References to reparations and threats to seize German assets will not solve Greece’s economic woes

The strong dollar

Mismatch point

The rise of the dollar will punish borrowers in emerging markets

Britain’s budget

But seriously

We hope that George Osborne’s final budget does not mean what it says

Letters

On political parties, the Olympics, Berkshire Hathaway, nuclear weapons, fox hunting, Hillary Clinton, Bobby Jindal

Letters to the editor

Briefing

Islamic State

The pushback

Sustaining a caliphate turns out to be much harder than declaring one. But Islamic State is not dead yet

United States

Appalachia

The Fifty Years War

After the bankruptcy

Green shoots

Executions

The drugs don’t work

Aaron Schock

At play in Peoria

Government spending

Frugality for dummies

Tax incentives

Sparks fly

Lexington

Defending America

The Americas

Protests in Brazil

The wisdom of crowds

Canada’s anti-terrorism bill

Let feardom ring

Journalism in Mexico

Radio silenced

Bello

Whose emergency in Venezuela?

Asia

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The infrastructure gap

Investment in Sri Lanka

Storm in a port

Cyclone Pam

No enchanted evening

Same-sex unions in Japan

Summer of love

Benigno Aquino’s troubles

Victims of the raid

India’s troubled opposition

The son also disappears

China

Hong Kong-mainland relations

Aisles apart

Feminists

A bad day for women

Smoking

Clearing the air

Banyan

The golden urn

Middle East & Africa

The Israeli election

The price of Bibi’s comeback

Egypt’s economy

Thinking big

Jihadism in Tunisia

Terror at the Bardo

Sport in the Gulf

A heavy burden

Corruption in Kenya

At long last, a prosecution

Mercenaries in Africa

Leash the dogs of war

Europe

Germany, Greece and history

Pointing fingers

A French political fad

Jacques is back

Migration from the Balkans

Quitting dreams, chasing dreams

Irish politics

Eyes on the prize

Rome’s papal windfall

A time to give thanks

Charlemagne

Aux armes, journalistes!

Britain

The budget

Bust to boom

Budget politics

Ed Miliband’s one-legged stool

North Sea oil and the budget

Priming the pumps

Pensions

Free to pay tax

Welsh politics

It is unusual

Manufacturing

Energy to burn

The genetic history of Britain

Who do you think you are?

Bagehot

Leaner but meaner

International

Televised political debates

Lights, camera, election

Political consultants

Spinning a win

Correction

Business

Professional services

Attack of the bean-counters

Viacom

The autumn of Sumner

The Algosaibi affair

A Saudi saga

Mobile telecoms in India

Under the hammer

Schumpeter

The business of business

Finance & economics

Monetary policy and the markets

A leap in the dark

Buttonwood

Skewiff

The mighty dollar

Feeling green

Notaries

The princes of paperwork

Mobile payments

Unfriending cash

Iraq’s economy

An empty chest

Free exchange

Game of zones

Science & technology

Pandemic disease

Never again

Babbage

Speedy 3D

Nutrition, IQ and income

Breast really is best

Exploring the ocean

An ambassador to Neptune’s kingdom

CO2 and the climate

Flatlining

Evolution

Beetlemania

Books & arts

Class and family in America

Minding the nurture gap

The birth of Israel

Long, long road

English country life

Pride and promiscuity

North Korean cinema

Loan-star state

Detroit Institute of Arts

Rivals and accomplices

Economic & financial indicators

Interactive indicators

Output, prices and jobs

Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates

The Economist commodity-price index

World GDP

Markets

Obituary

Obituary: Naty Revuelta