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Russia is still underestimating Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has become one of attrition – it’s Vladimir Putin’s only alternative to acknowledging defeat.

By Lawrence Freedman

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The future world order will be decided by the war over semiconductors

The future world order will be decided by the war over semiconductors

Bruno Maçães

Stefan Golaszewski’s Marriage is a stone-cold masterpiece

Rachel Cooke

Does anyone actually care about Cop27?

Living standards in Afghanistan have collapsed under the Taliban

Afiq Fitri

Labour is still scared of Scottish voters

Labour is still scared of Scottish voters

Rory Scothorne

Why Britain’s decline resembles the fall of Rome

Martin Fletcher

Quickfire

It's crass to blame cancel culture for what happened to Salman Rushdie

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It’s crass to blame cancel culture for what happened to Salman Rushdie

Sarah Manavis

Liz Truss’s conflation of anti-Semitism with wokeism is mad and bad

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Liz Truss’s conflation of anti-Semitism with wokeism is mad and bad

Alona Ferber

Politics

Does Keir Starmer’s plan to freeze energy bills go far enough?

The Labour leader’s intervention has been welcomed, but critics on the left argue firms should be nationalised, not bailed out.

By Rachel Wearmouth

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Why Britain’s decline resembles the fall of Rome

Why Britain’s decline resembles the fall of Rome

Martin Fletcher

Inside the Tory grassroots: what do members really want?

Anoosh Chakelian

The Tory party has been infected by a purist brainworm

A Tory party that’s out of ideas will soon find itself out of power

John Oxley

Mick Lynch: “Starmer’s Labour could be another version of the Tories”

Mick Lynch: “Starmer’s Labour could be another version of the Tories”

Freddie Hayward

The absurdities of Suella Braverman’s “war on woke”

Philip Collins

From Our Writers

Philip Collins

Are the Democrats finally getting their act together?

Marie Le Conte

Learning for its own sake is lovely, but that’s not all university is for

Jonn Elledge

From drought to energy bills, inflation to the NHS, Britain is falling apart at the seams

Rachel Cunliffe

The war on drugs has failed – when will the Tories and Labour accept this?

World

The Taliban’s Afghanistan, one year on: murder, repression and economic devastation

The de facto government remains an international pariah, but it's the Afghani people that suffer.

By Ido Vock

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Is everything suddenly going Joe Biden's way?

Is everything suddenly going Joe Biden’s way?

Emily Tamkin

Republicans, this is why you wait for more information

Emily Tamkin

What the Crimea airbase attack means for the war in Ukraine

Katie Stallard

Germany must abandon its debt brake to make up for the lost Merkel years

Thorsten Benner

In the grip of overlapping crises, Europe faces a leadership vacuum

In the grip of overlapping crises, Europe faces a leadership vacuum

Mujtaba Rahman

Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff: “Putinism will now come to an end much sooner”

Ido Vock

Ideas

Wittgenstein at war

Thomas Nagel

The authoritarian interlude

Phil Tinline

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Why your flights keep getting cancelled

Daniel Zamora

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

Justin EH Smith

Viktor Orbán's American apologists

Viktor Orbán’s American apologists

John Ganz

Books and Culture

Salman Rushdie shows us that free speech is life itself

Rushdie knows how vital, how serious the business of storytelling is. Yet in my encounters with him he never took…

By Erica Wagner

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Diversity is part of the very soul of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman

Diversity is part of the very soul of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman

Marc Burrows

Book of the Day

A life without peace

The attack on Salman Rushdie is an attack on a global community of writers and readers

Soumya Bhattacharya

Who wants to be “normal”?

Sophie McBain

Mark Haddon: “I’m quite lucky to be alive”

Mark Haddon: “I’m quite lucky to be alive”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

How the super-rich live

Matthew Beaumont

Podcasts

Is Labour finally on the front foot in the energy crisis?

The New Statesman podcast

Is Labour finally on the front foot in the energy crisis?

How did US politics become so polarised? With Nick Bryant

How did US politics become so polarised? With Nick Bryant

How the British university degree lost its value - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

How the British university degree lost its value – Audio Long Reads

Harry Lambert

As crisis looms, where are Britain’s leaders?

As crisis looms, where are Britain’s leaders?

Business and Economics

Can “Trussonomics” work?

Will Dunn

The building that remade London

Emma Haslett

There’s a new factor pushing up energy prices, and it’s nothing to do with Russia

There’s a new factor pushing up energy prices, and it’s nothing to do with Russia

Emma Haslett

The woman who plans to switch off obesity with a pill

Emma Haslett

The UK is going into recession, and even Liz Truss might not be able to save it

Emma Haslett

The dangerous approach of SoftBank's Masayoshi Son

The dangerous approach of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

Oscar Williams

Environment

Pascal Lamy on the climate crisis: “We have to go way back to find a global picture as depressing as today”

Philippa Nuttall

Nuclear energy vs renewables: which is the best solution for the climate crisis?

Philippa Nuttall

How Britain can prevent drought

How Britain can prevent drought

India Bourke

How are animals adapting to climate change?

India Bourke

Hard work won’t be enough to pay your energy bill

Philippa Nuttall

Is climate anxiety ruining my friendships?

Is climate anxiety ruining my friendships?

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

The battle for the soul of English cricket

The battle for the soul of English cricket

When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism, resignations and inquiries followed. Has anything changed?

By Emma John

Magazine

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Summer Special

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Summer reflection: the silence of the seabirds

By Helen Macdonald

Lisa Nandy: “I disliked the cults around Blair and Corbyn: one man doesn’t change things”

By Kate Mossman

A fatal attraction

By Jeremy Cliffe

The battle for the soul of English cricket

By Emma John

Spotlight

Do mapping apps exacerbate prejudice?

Emerging Technologies

Do mapping apps exacerbate prejudice?

Clara Aberneithie

NHS dental patients have been punished for long enough

NHS dental patients have been punished for long enough

Shawn Charlwood

You don't win over young people by blocking their access to education

You don’t win over young people by blocking their access to education

Nick Hillman

The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: "Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion"

Energy and Climate Change

The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: “Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion”

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