The future of video games
A truly mass medium
Over the past couple of decades, video games have grown from a niche hobby into a mass-market industry with annual revenues of $200bn. While toddlers play PAW Patrol, their grandparents are busy solving the day’s Wordle. Our editors and writers discuss the issues that affect gaming and its future, from the changing demographics of players to streaming, privacy and geopolitical soft power.
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Full-length interview: the head of NATO on how Ukraine can win the war
Jens Stoltenberg discusses the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump with our editor-in-chief
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Who is “Europe’s last dictator”?
Alexander Lukashenko has doubled down on political repression, but is dependent on Russia
Ukraine war
Is Putin winning the war in Ukraine?
Our experts discuss what the next year of conflict might hold
From the archive
A portrait of Alexei Navalny
A podcast on the prominent Russian dissident, who died in prison on February 16th
From the archive
Alexei Navalny, in his own words
In 2017 The Economist interviewed the opposition leader about Putin’s Russia and his own prison experience