25 January 2010
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Cover story
Back to the USSR
The invasion of Afghanistan was disastrous for the Soviets, leading ultimately to a humiliating withdrawal. They may have succeeded militarily, but they failed politically – and we are heading the same way
Features
Sunset for pensions
No politician dares suggest that depriving a chunk of the country of its retirement prospects is a fiscal necessity – but they should
Graveyard shift
The construction of a museum of tolerance in Jerusalem – on the site of an ancient Arab cemetery – has involved mass exhumations, and caused hurt and outrage among Palestinians
Born again or Brown again?
We asked Labour insiders and commentators who should be the next leader of the Labour Party – now or after the election – and their vision for regeneration
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Leader: The London summit won’t bring peace to Afghanistan
The Afghanistan war remains unwinnable. Britain should be making plans to withdraw
The Politics Column
See-sawing Clegg must decide
Liberal Democrat MPs and strategists are pushing for Clegg to rule out an alliance with the Tories
Culture
Island records
One of the “Sensation” generation of Saatchi artists, Chris Ofili has retreated from scandal to paint the beauty of his adopted home – Trinidad.
Books
Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy
A Nobel Prize-winning American economist and a cynical English novelist agree on one thing – it’s time for capitalism to slow down
