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Featured leader essays include America’s frontier AI power struggle, Trump’s gamble with Iran, and autocracies reshaping war mediation. The issue also highlights Europe’s stakes in AI, a pancreatic-cancer “master switch” breakthrough, multiple regional dossiers, and recurring departments on markets, economics, and international news.","| America’s AI power grab |\n| --- |\n| Iran: aftermath of a flimsy deal |\n| The new peacemakers |\n| Finding a cancer master switch |\n| JUNE 20TH–26TH 2026 |\n\nC002  \nC002  \nThe Economist June 20th 2026 3  \nContents  \nOn the cover  \nBrexit, ten years on After a lost decade, it is time to focus on the future: leader, page 9. A special Britain section on how Brexit has, and has not, changed the country, after page 19. In the EU Brexit was followed by a modest shift towards federalism, page 27  \nAmerica’s AI power grab  \nUncle Sam has become the gatekeeper to frontier AI—a new source of extraordinary leverage: leader, page 10. Anthropic, the cult-like firm that is battling with the Trump administration for control of frontier models: briefing, page 15. How Europe must respond to America’s AI warning shot: By Invitation, page 14  \nIran: aftermath of a flimsy deal  \nDonald Trump takes a huge gamble: leader, page 11. War has strengthened the Islamic Republic. Peace could split it, page 41. No one yet knows if this deal can do more than pause the bombing and restart the oil, page 42 . Republicans are keen to move on from Iran, page 32  \nThe new peacemakers  \nAutocracies are taking over the mediation of wars. The deals they are making look different, page 55  \nFinding a cancer master switch  \nHow a promising pancreaticcancer drug could spawn a new class of treatments: Well Informed, page 75  \n→ Download The Economist’sapp for articles, podcasts, videos and more, published throughout the week.  \n\n| The world this week\u003Cbr>7 A summary of political and business news |\n| --- |\n| Leaders\u003Cbr>9 Britain\u003Cbr>Never mind the Brexit\u003Cbr>10 Artificial intelligence\u003Cbr>America’s AI power grab\u003Cbr>11 Peace with Iran\u003Cbr>Trump’s gamble\u003Cbr>11 Chinese biotech\u003Cbr>Wrong prescription\u003Cbr>12 Indian business\u003Cbr>The promoter Raj |\n| Letters\u003Cbr>13 On Gen-Z socialism, crime in Britain,“Star Trek” and war, Ethiopia’s prime minister, edible medical devices |\n| By Invitation\u003Cbr>14 Judith Dada on the stakes for Europe in AI |\n| Briefing\u003Cbr>15 Anthropic\u003Cbr>A test of faith\u003Cbr>18 Access to AI\u003Cbr>A bouncer gone berserk\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Lexington Primary challengers are attacking Democratic incumbentsas too moderate, and in New York they have the |\n| \u003Cbr>mayor’s help, page 37 |\n\n\n| Britain\u003Cbr>19 Brexit, ten years on\u003Cbr>21 Quirky Brexit wins\u003Cbr>22 Defence investment\u003Cbr>23 Britain’s AI opportunity\u003Cbr>26 Bagehot Rejoiners |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Europe\u003Cbr>27 How Brexit changed the EU\u003Cbr>28 Ukraine’s missile gap\u003Cbr>29 The populist left in Germany\u003Cbr>29 Flamingo fury in Albania\u003Cbr>30 Charlemagne\u003Cbr>Keep Europe cool |  |\n| United States\u003Cbr>31 Helping the homeless\u003Cbr>32 Republicans and Iran\u003Cbr>34 Washington’s next mayor\u003Cbr>34 Spy powers\u003Cbr>35 Pet custody\u003Cbr>36 Immigration scams\u003Cbr>37 Lexington Democratic challengers |  |\n| The Americas\u003Cbr>38 Brazil’s mirror state\u003Cbr>39 Colombia’s diaspora vote\u003Cbr>40 A Latin Joe Rogan |  |\n| Middle East & Africa\u003Cbr>41 What next for Iran?\u003Cbr>42 A flimsy deal in the Gulf\u003Cbr>43 Iran’s battered economy\u003Cbr>43 Israel’s “glorious failure”\u003Cbr>44 The Iran war’s fallout in Africa\u003Cbr>45 The Jollof index |  |\n| ⏩ Contents continues overleaf |  |\n\n4 The Economist June 20th 2026  \nContents  \n\n| Asia\u003Cbr>47 China wins in Myanmar\u003Cbr>48 …and builds a dam there\u003Cbr>49 The craze for purple yams\u003Cbr>49 Taiwan’s opposition leader\u003Cbr>50 Ashoka India’s airport frenzy |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| China\u003Cbr>51 Changing diets\u003Cbr>52 Who works most?\u003Cbr>53 Pay up or we publish\u003Cbr>54 Chaguan China’s most\u003Cbr>“liveable” city |  |\n| International\u003Cbr>55 The new peacemakers\u003Cbr>57 The Telegram Carney’s\u003Cbr>embarrassing fantasy |  |\n\nBusiness  \n59 Detroit and the EV age  \n60 Fox pounces on Roku  \n61 Equinor’s middle age  \n61 Big bills for tokenmaxxing  \n62 Tata’s troubling big bets  \n63 Bartleby Tech product launches  \n64 Schumpeter World Cup has-beens  \n| Finance & economics\u003Cbr>65 AI-pilled economists\u003Cbr>67 Buttonwood\u003Cbr>Manic markets\u003Cbr>68 Oil’s new abnormal\u003Cbr>69 Japan’s SVB moment?\u003Cbr>70 The Donroe dividend\u003Cbr>71 Free","cbCaicce3kiy8vXL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicce3kiy8vXL","pdf",24134799,10,1,84,"English","en",105,"# Leaders\n## America’s AI power grab\n## Iran: aftermath of a flimsy deal\n## The new peacemakers\n## Finding a cancer master switch\n# The world this week\n## Leaders\n## Letters\n## By Invitation\n## Briefing\n# Britain\n## Brexit, ten years on\n# Europe\n## How Brexit changed the EU\n# United States\n## Republicans and Iran\n# The Americas\n## Brazil’s mirror state\n# Middle East & Africa\n## What next for Iran?\n# Asia\n## China wins in Myanmar\n# China\n## Changing diets\n# International\n## The new peacemakers\n# Business\n## Finance & economics\n## Science & technology\n## Culture\n# Economic & financial indicators\n## Statistics on 42 economies\n# Obituary","[{\"question\":\"What are 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