The world this week

This week’s covers

How we saw the world

We had two covers this week. In most regions our cover considers how countries compete for highly skilled migrants, from scientists and doctors to bankers and entrepreneurs. In Asia our cover looks at new nuclear rivalries. America must reassure its allies that it can still protect them and, unfortunately, it will have to build more weapons.

From the August 17th 2024 edition

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