Asia As globalisation fractures, the West must champion internationalism in the face of China Rather than a system based on the mutual impoverishment of workers, we must pursue one based on protection. By Maurice Glasman
The Staggers Why support for Scottish independence has surged during the Covid-19 crisis The autonomy demonstrated by the Scottish government has given voters an enticing taste of separation. By Chris Deerin
Anatomy of a Crisis: How the government failed us over coronavirus A special issue of the New Statesman offers a comprehensive and forensic examination of the UK’s response to Covid-19. By New Statesman
Europe The data that shows economic recovery requires more than reopening shops Why trust may be the most important factor in persuading consumers to return. By Ben Walker and Ido Vock
Masha Gessen: Why this is a revolutionary moment for American democracy The New Yorker columnist and author of Surviving Autocracy believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump normal. By Sophie McBain
Ten years of data reveal how austerity weakened the UK’s pandemic response Cuts to local and national services over the past decade appear almost perfectly tailored to damage resilience in the face of coronavirus. By Anoosh Chakelian and Michael Goodier
Books How to stop a pandemic Our leaders must learn from the Covid-19 crisis to prepare for the next virus. By Anjana Ahuja
Trump has already moved on from the pandemic – or thinks he has. We cannot do the same If you did not know the US was in the midst of a health crisis, you would not learn it from watching the president. By Emily Tamkin
Ten years of data reveal how austerity weakened the UK’s pandemic response Cuts to local and national services over the past decade appear almost perfectly tailored to damage resilience in the face of coronavirus. By Anoosh Chakelian and Michael Goodier
Britain and Covid-19: a chronicle of incompetence The six months that shook the UK. By Martin Fletcher
UK The government is looking for someone to blame for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis The Prime Minister and his advisers seem to be preparing to use their own bungled response to the pandemic as the rationale for reforming the state. By Stephen Bush
UK If Michael Gove and Boris Johnson want to reform the country, they must reform themselves Leadership requires you to choose between concrete futures and not merely to sketch out grand visions. By Stephen Bush
Media Downing Street may be biting off more than it can chew with its new press briefings Moving to a daily televised briefing will have bigger implications across government than is perhaps realised. By Stephen Bush
UK How the spectre of the UK in the 1930s haunted Michael Gove’s lecture Neville Chamberlain stayed too close to inherited, dying ideas. Which way will Boris Johnson’s administration turn? By Phil Tinline
UK What does Daisy Cooper's endorsement of Ed Davey mean for the Lib Dem leadership race? The rising star's endorsement is a coup for Ed Davey. But it's also a blow to Layla Moran. By Ailbhe Rea
Art & Design The greats outdoors: paradoxical painter Gustave Caillebotte The artist who extolled the talent of his impressionist friends at the expense of his own. By Michael Prodger
TV & Radio David Olusoga’s BBC show A House Through Time is gripping and hugely informative First shown in May and early June, it recounts the history of a single house, 10 Guinea Street in Bristol. By Anna Leszkiewicz
TV & Radio Celebrity Masterchef returns – and never in the entire history of television has a show been so misleadingly titled By Rachel Cooke
Books How to stop a pandemic Our leaders must learn from the Covid-19 crisis to prepare for the next virus. By Anjana Ahuja
Film On the Record: a deft exploration of abuse in the music industry Drew Dixon's experiences with Russell Simmons show how racism has helped to silence black rape victims. By Ryan Gilbey
TV & Radio Slate’s new podcast series about David Duke is perfectly calibrated This is a monologue interspersed with flashes of archive recordings – most fascinating of which are clips of Duke himself. By Antonia Quirke
Health The government chose to follow the wrong science – with lethal consequences Over the course of the pandemic, the UK’s overconfidence in theoretical modelling has several times been rudely exposed. By Phil Whitaker
Coronavirus How Sage sees the risks of leaving lockdown Publicly available minutes and analyses tell a story of caution in the face of inadequate evidence – and trepidation about what comes next. By Lawrence Freedman
Social Media What is Parler? Inside the pro-Trump “unbiased” platform Billed as a defiant alternative to Twitter, the app has become synonymous with the alt-right and is gaining ground in the UK. By Sarah Manavis
North America Why is the New York Times threatening to reveal blogger Scott Alexander’s true identity? By Jasper Jackson
Observations What I have come to miss is spitting in each other’s faces, otherwise known as talking Zoom meetings, although necessary, are void of the comfort that comes with shaking hands or kissing someone before a conversation. By Ian Leslie
Internet Finger on the App: the dystopian competition that sums up everything that’s wrong with the internet It's a gruelling and almost certainly futile contest to see who can pay the most attention to their screen. Why does that sound familiar? By Will Dunn
Health How the UK failed on Covid-19: the international view In France, Germany, Poland, Georgia and New Zealand, the British government’s handling of the pandemic is viewed as a cautionary tale. By New Statesman
North America The maps that show just how disastrous the US's coronavirus outbreak is More than half of Americans would be locked down if the US followed Germany’s Covid-19 rules. By Ido Vock and Michael Goodier
How coronavirus has revealed the unexpected strengths of Germany’s model of government Germany’s population of 83 million has suffered 9,000 deaths, while in Britain, with its population of 67 million, there have been at least 43,000. By Jeremy Cliffe
World “They want the land without the people”: How Arab Israelis see annexation For many Arab citizens of Israel, annexation proposals are seen as continuing a long-standing infringement of their rights. By Alona Ferber
Middle East “We're way beyond demonstrations”: why Lebanon is on the brink of collapse The country once hailed as the “Switzerland of the Middle East” now faces the prospects of bankruptcy and chaos as never before. By Jim Muir
Europe Why Putin is turning left as he seeks to extend his rule The Kremlin's lofty promises of a Russian welfare state will prove difficult to fulfil. By Felix Light
Beethoven under review 30 April 1927: On the centenary of Beethoven's death, Edward Sackville-West reviews three books on the composer, assessing both the man and the music. By Edward Sackville-West
Dublin bears silent witness to the civil war 8 July 1922: Bullets fly from the guns of the IRA and Free State Soldiers, but spectators resist taking sides. By Anonymous
Julian Assange, the man who wasn’t there 6 February 2013: How Jemima Khan, who originally supported — and bailed out — the WikiLeaks founder, became a sceptic. By Jemima Khan
An East Anglian squire 23 July 1927: Why even the most enlightened farmers found it hard to make land pay its way. By SLB
Asia Bearing witness at Tiananmen Square 16 June 1989: The Deng regime says no students died in Tiananmen Square. Here, a student who escaped asserts that a deliberate massacre took place. By A student protestor
Watching the loot-in 12 April 1968: On the riots and looting following the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. By Alan Brien
