From the war in Ukraine to the life of Roger Deakin: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Anna Metcalfe’s Chrysalis and Octavia Bright’s This Ragged Grace.
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What is at stake in Ukraine’s counter-offensive?
Bolstered by Western weapons and training, Ukrainian forces are about to begin their most important fight.
Putin on trial
Will efforts to put Russia in a Nuremberg-style trial for the Ukraine war succeed?
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Zelensky is fighting two wars – against Russia and to win over the West
Ukraine’s coming counter-offensive is the best chance to prove to its supporters it can still win.
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Has Yevgeny Prigozhin turned on Vladimir Putin?
The head of the Wagner Group has broken a cardinal rule of Russian politics: the subordinates are fair game, but…
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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 “not…
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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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The world according to Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
China and Russia are united in an epic struggle against the West – and their leaders seek nothing less than…
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Letter of the week: A multipolar world
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Emmanuel Macron’s vision for Europe still doesn’t match reality
As long as the defence of the continent depends on American goodwill, Europe cannot credibly distance itself from the US…
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Inside Ukraine’s Orthodox heart
The holy Monastery of the Caves beneath Kyiv is threatened by war.
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Who is afraid of Martin Heidegger?
Why the most radioactive philosopher of the 20th century still speaks to us.
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Why the Russian Orthodox Church supports the war in Ukraine, with Katherine Kelaidis
How will this conflict affect the future of the Church?
Eastern Ukraine’s surging healthcare crisis
Doctors and NGOs near the war’s front lines report that a physical and mental health disaster is looming.
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The diplomatic battle for Taiwan
Taiwan’s remaining allies are being whittled away as Beijing positions itself as a peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine.
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Christoph Heusgen: “We have to reach out beyond the West”
The chairman of the Munich Security Conference on why Europeans must prioritise the Global South to uphold the international rule…
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European unity over Ukraine is holding – for now
A new poll of European publics reveals that support for Kyiv has strengthened since Russia’s invasion a year ago.
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“Merkel’s Russia policy was pure appeasement”
Roderich Kiesewetter, a leading MP in the former chancellor’s CDU, on how his party helped embolden Vladimir Putin to invade…
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In its pursuit of Russian regime change, the West is doomed to repeat the errors of the Iraq War
A new generation of liberal hawks views Ukraine as the pivotal battlefield in a global struggle for democracy.
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Hosting a refugee has shown me how Homes for Ukraine broke its promise
I’ve loved showing my guest London, but she has no hope of finding her own home or job here. No…
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