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Features include America at 250, the nation’s shifting power and foreign policy, and a leader on AI regulation and market access. Regional sections address Britain’s internal debates, Europe’s defense questions, the Middle East and Africa outlook, and Asia’s data and workfare topics. Business and finance segments span oil trading, AI rules, IPOs, stablecoins, and indicators across 42 economies.","JULY 4TH–10TH 2026  \nC002  \nC002  \nThe Economist July 4th 2026 3  \nContents  \nOn the cover  \nThis birthday comes at an anxious moment in America’s history: leader, page 7. The nation that created the postwar order is tearing it down. What will rise from the rubble? Essay, page 13. An empirical look reveals a country that is mighty—but becoming less dominant, page 31 . Donald Trump’s reflecting-pool debacle is a fitting birthday gift to America: Lexington, page 36 .  \nAmerica at 250: the final chapter of our series, page 37. Happy birthday America, the ally Europe admires—questioningly: Charlemagne, page 30  \nA tale of two Cambridges  \nThe same name, but opposite problems, are leading to closer collaboration, page 19  \nAI regulation Fable is free.  \nBut AI desperately needs better regulations: leader, page 8. The Trump administration now controls who gets access to the best AI, page 67  \nThe future of European defence  \nEurope ponders how to protect its eastern flank as America pulls back, page 60  \nHow much sleep should you get? Is too much as bad as too little? Well Informed, page 82  \n→ Download The Economist’sapp for articles, podcasts, videos and more, published throughout the week.  \n\n| The world this week\u003Cbr>5 A summary of political and business news |\n| --- |\n| Leaders\u003Cbr>7 America at 250\u003Cbr>Fireworks\u003Cbr>8 The government and AI\u003Cbr>Rules for supermodels\u003Cbr>9 Turkey and Israel\u003Cbr>Pipe down and pipe oil\u003Cbr>9 Shaken Venezuela\u003Cbr>Awoeful response\u003Cbr>10 An admission\u003Cbr>We woz wrong about oil |\n| Letters\u003Cbr>11 On shutting off Anthropic’s models, startups in Honduras, sharing companies’wealth, cricket in India, reading |\n| By Invitation\u003Cbr>12 Carson Block on what AI could do to markets |\n| Essay\u003Cbr>13 American foreign policy\u003Cbr>Wrecking-ball revolution\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Bartleby You could read Homer. You could see the film. Or you could just goto the office, page 69 |\n|  |\n\n\n| Britain\u003Cbr>19 The two Cambridges\u003Cbr>21 Chinese luxury cars\u003Cbr>21 The Burnham agenda\u003Cbr>22 Defence investment\u003Cbr>23 NHS maternity cover-ups\u003Cbr>24 Bagehot Rise ofthe chippy southerner |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Europe\u003Cbr>25 Meeting Jordan Bardella\u003Cbr>26 American gas pressure\u003Cbr>27 Zelensky’s drone surge\u003Cbr>27 A German reform deal\u003Cbr>28 Borderline incompetence\u003Cbr>30 Charlemagne Regarding America |  |\n| United States\u003Cbr>31 American power\u003Cbr>34 Trump and the court\u003Cbr>35 Montgomery transformed\u003Cbr>36 Lexington Redesigning\u003Cbr>Washington |  |\n| America at 250\u003Cbr>37 Hope, backlash and the\u003Cbr>battle for America\u003Cbr>42 By Invitation Michael\u003Cbr>Beschloss on faith in\u003Cbr>America's founding\u003Cbr>principles |  |\n| The Americas\u003Cbr>43 Is Cuba opening up?\u003Cbr>44 Aftershocks in Venezuela\u003Cbr>45 Poisons in the 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\n| Finance & economics\u003Cbr>71 The summer BBQ index\u003Cbr>73 Buttonwood FX of a new Plaza Accord\u003Cbr>74 Is The Economist always wrong?\u003Cbr>75 Chinese capital controls\u003Cbr>76 Venezuela’s odd debt deal\u003Cbr>77 Turkey’s war-adjacent economy\u003Cbr>78 Free Exchange Are stablecoins money? |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Science & technology\u003Cbr>79 Synthetic biology\u003Cbr>80 Sequencing babies’\u003Cbr>genomes\u003Cbr>81 Probing black holes\u003Cbr>82 Well Informed\u003Cbr>Optimising","cbCaikWP7PUZMKyI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikWP7PUZMKyI","pdf",14730482,56,1,92,"English","en",105,"# Leaders\n## America at 250\n## The government and AI\n## Turkey and Israel\n## Shaken Venezuela\n## An admission\n# Letters\n# By Invitation\n# Essay\n# Britain\n# Europe\n# United States\n# America at 250\n# The Americas\n# Middle East & Africa\n# Asia\n# China\n# International\n# Business\n## Finance & economics\n# Science & technology\n# Culture\n# Economic & financial indicators\n# 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