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Year in a word: Chip choke
Major powers have realised the critical importance of semiconductors to the global economy
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UK defence chiefs seek funding increase to confront rising threats
Military has to replenish weapons stockpile and procure new equipment
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Banks need financial incentives to tackle climate change, warns chief supervisor
FSB’s Dietrich Domanski says without financial incentives like a carbon tax, lenders will resist reforms
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Bad blood between Hungary and Ukraine undermines EU unity on Russia
Budapest’s energy dependence on Moscow and mistrust of Kyiv complicate the bloc’s approach to the
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UK ministers poised to launch £700mn fund to rebuild poorer areas
Initiative, lobbied for by charities and MPs, expected in new year as part of levelling-up
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Year in a word: Polycrisis
Multiple interlinked global emergencies have been unfolding simultaneously
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Xi’s credibility ‘badly wounded’ as China’s Covid death toll mounts
Beijing’s war games with Russia and aggression against Taiwan fail to distract from public health
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In praise of amateurism — a pianist’s story
In her early thirties Nadia Beard has returned to the piano, enrolled at Tbilisi’s conservatoire
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