Katie Bryant

In this week’s @TheEconomist @shashj and I looked at how Chinese satellites boosted Iran’s war effort. We took the chance to dive into China’s satellite industry—and found its commercial models to be neck-and-neck with American ones. economist.com/china/2026/04/…

As American images went dark, Chinese alternatives filled the void. It marks the end of a Western monopoly on advanced visuals. But register for free to learn why, for open-source analysts, it is also a warning economist.com/china/2026/04/…

What do you do if Russian tanks appear in your street? On “The Weekend Intelligence”, @KatieBry_ travels to NATO’s border with Russia to meet the people grappling with the threat of invasion economist.com/podcasts/2026/…

“Freedom is not cheap. What we have here, somebody paid by blood.” On “The Weekend Intelligence”, @KatieBry_ meets Lithuania’s growing civilian army, including the CEOs, bartenders, husbands and fathers, learning how to resist a Russian invasion economist.com/podcasts/2026/…

“We will fight as a country that has a military, but we will also fight you as a society.” At a civil-resistance training course in Lithuania, @KatieBry_ meets the people learning to defend their country. Listen to “The Weekend Intelligence” economist.com/podcasts/2026/…

“Once you go there, you won’t go back” I followed the black market in human growth hormone for @TheEconomist . I met doctors, users and drug dealers to understand our quest to optimise ourselves, and what it can ultimately cost.

Fires in London, Berlin and Warsaw. Assassination plots in Poland and Germany. My latest video for @TheEconomist investigates Russian sabotage across Europe.

“It’s one of the only places where you can still treasure hunt.” On today’s episode of “The Intelligence” @KatieBry_ explains the attractions of fossil hunting on Britain’s Jurassic Coast econ.st/3XxukoA 🎧

Mudslides, cliff rescues and fools’ gold... loved reporting on the adrenaline-fueled world of amateur fossil hunting for this week’s @TheEconomist

The Kremlin has embarked on a slick military-recruitment campaign instead of another unpopular draft. On “The Intelligence” @KatieBry_ asks how well it is going. Listen to the daily podcast econ.st/3Apijte

Our latest video looks at how Putin is keeping his war machine going. Credit to the journalists and volunteers building this database - really important work from @mediazona_en

Did Olena Zelenska really go on a $1m shopping spree in New York? The answer is no. How did this lie spread so quickly—and what does it reveal about Russia’s disinformation war against the West? econ.st/3xrrVTd

In our interview for @TheEconomist, NATO's General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg called on allies to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of NATO weapons inside Russia economist.com/films/2024/05/…

Coded tributes to Alexei Navalny are revealing the long afterlife of Aesop’s fables. Here’s how to decipher Russia’s secret language of protest econ.st/3TaSO4A 👇

“You need to avoid your censor, and you know that censor is watching you all the time” As a sham election gets underway, I wrote about Russia's secret language of protest in this week's @TheEconomist economist.com/culture/2024/0…

Seven maps that demonstrate Vladimir Putin’s distortion of history econ.st/3Ujo5or 👇

If diaries are supposed to be the storehouses of private thoughts, why are so many TikTokers reading theirs out? @KatieBry_ investigates, on “The Intelligence” econ.st/47BvjHo

Talking secret-sharing on The Intelligence podcast 🤫 @HasbianShow @SallyBayley1 play.acast.com/s/theintellige… @TheEconomist

I wrote about influencers reading their diaries online & their surprisingly long lineage - back to 19th century women via the scandalous Anaïs Nin. Have a read for lessons on the not-so-subtle art of over sharing... @TheEconomist economist.com/culture/2024/0…

🎥 The Economist’s film on the Russians fighting back against Putin has won Silver, and the People’s Lovie, in the News and Politics category at the @lovieawards! Watch the film here econ.st/3sxCsd1 ⬇️