The Economist - Special reports

Ever easier communications and ever-growing data mountains are transforming politics in unexpected ways

Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, Joel Budd discusses problems with current renewable power technologies and why we need to talk more about innovation

Michael Reid, The Economist’s Bello columnist, looks at the brightening prospects for Colombia, which many feared was in danger of becoming a failed state not long ago

Britain's Eurosceptics are beginning to rally, yet the potential consequences of voting to leave the European Union will convince voters to remain, says John Peet

The private sector Forget China's central planners. The country's private businesses are what fuel growth and innovation