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Afghanistan shows the American dream of remaking the world is over

If the US’s occupation of Afghanistan was a failed exercise in nation-building, its withdrawal could mark a long overdue shift to foreign policy realism.

By John Gray

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Kathleen Stock and Sussex University: the war over academic freedom

Kathleen Stock and Sussex University: the war over academic freedom

Harry Lambert

What is Covid plan B, and will rising cases mean another UK lockdown?

Emma Haslett

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People + machines is the formula for success

Adrian Joseph

The Conservatives’ net-zero strategy would doom the planet to climate chaos

Paul Mason

“The justice system is failing too many women”: Robert Buckland on policing and MPs’ security

“The justice system is failing too many women”: Robert Buckland on policing and MPs’ security

Tim Ross

The great Covid social burnout: why are we so exhausted?

Eleanor Peake

From Our Writers

Jeremy Cliffe

In Hungary, a united opposition faces an unhinged, Orbán-friendly smear campaign

Sophie McBain

It’s absurd to blame climate anxiety for falling birth rates

Stephen Bush

Does the UK government’s newly published net-zero strategy go far enough?

Philippa Nuttall

The UK will need to show it can deliver “good, green jobs”, not just talk about them

Politics

Is the UK heading for another lockdown? Don’t bet on it

Although the UK’s rising Covid-19 case rate points to a difficult winter, internal Tory party politics means that another lockdown is unlikely.

By Stephen Bush

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“Fighting culture wars won’t pay the bills”: Reform UK’s Richard Tice on life after Nigel Farage

The Politics Interview

“Fighting culture wars won’t pay the bills”: Reform UK’s Richard Tice on life after Nigel Farage

Anoosh Chakelian and Phil Clarke Hill

David Amess’s death and the threats to all MPs show we must change the way we do politics

Anoosh Chakelian

How redistributive was New Labour?

Why are the Tories still leading in the polls?

Ben Walker

The UK’s position on the Northern Ireland protocol is absurd and reckless

The UK’s position on the Northern Ireland protocol is absurd and reckless

David Gauke

Who would win if a general election was held tomorrow?

Josh Rayman, Ben Walker and Michael Goodier

World

The EU climate chief Frans Timmermans: “The planet is probably going to be OK. But we won’t”

The EU Commission vice president on why the UK’s climate ambition needs to be matched by “very concrete policies”.

By Megan Gibson

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Péter Márki-Zay could represent the last chance for Hungarian democracy

Péter Márki-Zay could represent the last chance for Hungarian democracy

Jeremy Cliffe

Why Germany has less to teach the UK than most think

Why Germany has less to teach the UK than most think

Andreas Fulda

Colin Powell did not want the Iraq War to define his legacy – but it will

Colin Powell did not want the Iraq War to define his legacy – but it will

Emily Tamkin

Why Russia is talking to the Taliban

Why Russia is talking to the Taliban

Ido Vock

Books and Culture

What George Orwell’s garden reveals about his politics of resistance

In tending to his roses, Orwell created a refuge from industrial capitalism, fascism and war.

By Lyndsey Stonebridge

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How the Eighties reinvented pop music

How the Eighties reinvented pop music

Kate Mossman

Richard Powers’s Bewilderment is full of bold ideas – but strays into earnestness

American warfare and the battle for profit

Lawrence Freedman

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is impossibly accomplished – and a bit boring

David Sexton

Impeachment: American Crime Story is a camp portrayal of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

Impeachment: American Crime Story is a camp portrayal of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

Rachel Cooke

Radio & Podcasts

BBC Radio 4’s God Squad has borrowed from Life of Brian – but left behind the laughs

Rachel Cunliffe

Podcasts

Why infrastructure in the UK must change to build a greener future

Climate Politics

Why infrastructure in the UK must change to build a greener future

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

The New Statesman podcast

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

Can COP26 achieve anything?

Can COP26 achieve anything?

Changing behaviour in a changing climate

Climate Politics

Changing behaviour in a changing climate

Business and Economics

Davos man’s vision of a post-Covid-19 world makes my skin crawl

Rachel Cunliffe

Inside Klarna’s British charm offensive

Oscar Williams

“We’ve had no helping hand”: Ella Mills on building a wellness empire

The Business Interview

“We’ve had no helping hand”: Ella Mills on building a wellness empire

Are we heading for a new era of “stagflation”?

James Meadway

Business and Finance

IR35: is this incredibly specific tax change exacerbating the petrol crisis?

Emma Haslett

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Will Dunn

The Long Read

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

No corporation is without its ideals in the new “emoticonomy”. But what do companies want with their new moral authority?

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Twilight of the West

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Twilight of the West

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Afghanistan shows the American dream of remaking the world is over

By John Gray

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

By Will Dunn

Bernard-Henri Lévy: “Defining oneself by an identity is an impoverishment of what you are”

By Freddie Hayward

Spotlight

Community Wealth Building should be at the heart of levelling up

Community Wealth Building should be at the heart of levelling up

Sarah Longlands

AI in recruitment: Should robots be put in charge of hiring?

AI in recruitment: Should robots be put in charge of hiring?

Sarah Dawood

Is it too soon to automate policy?

Is it too soon to automate policy?

Cristina Lago

How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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