From Ronnie O’Sullivan to a Ukrainian family memoir: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Being Human by Lewis Dartnell and We All Go Into the Dark by Francisco Garcia.
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Ido Vock
Ido Vock is Europe correspondent at the New Statesman. His work includes analysis of political issues from various countries, including the war in Ukraine and the EU’s energy crisis.
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The French right can’t quit Russia
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Noam Chomsky: Russia is fighting more humanely than the US did in Iraq
The US linguist on the war in Ukraine, how the West is provoking China and why the UK is…
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The roots of the conflict in Sudan
Intense fighting broke out in Sudan, while Ron DeSantis stalls in race for Republican presidential nomination
China’s wolf-warrior diplomacy is pushing it closer to Russia
The Chinese ambassador to France said that ex-Soviet states don’t have an “effective status under international law”.
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