Predictions for the world in 2023
What the international team will be looking out for in the year ahead.

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Emily Tamkin is the senior editor, US at the New Statesman. She is the author of The Influence of Soros: Politics, Power, and the Struggle for an Open Society and Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities.
What the international team will be looking out for in the year ahead.


Latvia has shut down TV Rain, accusing it of being a security threat.
Democrats kept the Senate and narrowly lost the House. Here’s how that will affect the US president’s agenda.
By Emily Tamkin
Who is the 24-year-old conspiracy theorist who dined with the rapper and Donald Trump?
By Emily Tamkin
Prejudice against Jewish people won’t be stamped out in America because the German sportswear company dropped Kanye West.
By Emily Tamkin
Unrest presents a significant challenge to the Chinese government.

Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to return as PM with far-right support
Politicians and journalists alike need to prove it first.
By Emily Tamkin
The Korean-American novelist on hate speech, cancel culture and exposing society’s unwritten codes.
By Emily Tamkin