8330, 8320, 8324, 8323 Why Nato is still essential for peace Europe still lacks a serious substitute for the collective might of the Western alliance. By Jeremy Cliffe
8320, 8322 The day Hong Kong’s true “silent majority” spoke The landslide election victory for pro-democracy parties was a profound rebuke to those who dismissed the protesters. By Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
8277, 8396 Clive James: “My earliest memory? The roar of the rain in my back yard” The writer talks Churchill, Succession, and Sophie Scholl, the German student killed for fighting the Nazis. By New Statesman
8277, 8279 How the Economist shaped the liberal mind Since its founding in 1843 the Economist has radiated an aura of omniscience. But its days of playing God may be over. By Gavin Jacobson
8268, 8273, 8274, 8447 Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has highlighted Jeremy Corbyn’s failures on anti-Semitism Under Corbyn’s leadership, Labour is being investigated by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and the British Jewish community has become alienated from the party. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8269, 8320, 8324, 8300, 8302 Can Silicon Valley remake the payday lending industry? Venture capital is investing heavily in tech alternatives to the payday loan industry. But is what companies like Earnin offer really any better? By Gaby Webster
8268, 8272 The rise and fall of local newspapers The local newspaper, which prized truth and accountability, was once the best training ground a journalist could possibly have. By Matthew Engel
8299 Winter reflection: Berries from heaven The humble berry can bring festive magic – and rare winter visitors. By Helen Macdonald
8277, 8299 Personal Story: A wood of one's own What I learned when I bought a forest instead of a house. By Richard Mabey
8277, 8305 There’s No Ifs or Maybes, I’ll Never Have Babies A new short story by the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize. By Lucy Ellmann
8277, 8279 Edna O’Brien: “Some men like fairly trivial women” The 88-year-old writer on truth-telling, the Irish backstop and the elusive “love object” that has haunted her life. By Kate Mossman
8268, 8275, 8274 To strike a US-UK trade deal, Boris Johnson will have to break his NHS promises A deep and meaningful agreement is incompatible with Tory pledges on the health service and agriculture. By Stephen Bush
8320, 8321, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 Trump hopes killing al-Baghdadi will boost his popularity. He’s likely to be disappointed The leader of Isis is dead. But Trump is clearly fishing for the kind of political boost received by Obama following bin Laden’s death, and he is unlikely to get it. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8321, 8324 Trump wants to end America’s “forever wars” but Putin has greater control in Syria Donald Trump's actions on Syria expose his catastrophic impulsiveness, but America's strategic incoherence and weakness goes well beyond the president. By Helen Thompson
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Swipes from rivals during the Democratic debate only prove Warren is now the frontrunner Even a revived Bernie Sanders and former vice president Joe Biden look to be playing catchup. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Tulsi Gabbard is one of the more compelling subplots of the 2020 election The Hawaii congresswoman is running a maverick campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. By Chris Robinson
8277, 8279 Permanent Record: Edward Snowden spies on the spies The whistle-blower’s memoir is insightful, with a nice line in tech-inflected imagery. By Steven Poole
8277, 8279 Friends reunited: Clive James and the New Statesman Over the past five years, as James defied his bleak prognosis, he published some of his finest poems in the NS. By Tom Gatti
8277, 8280, 8320, 8324 Rewatching American History X shows how far-right ideas have entered the mainstream The rhetoric of the 1998 film’s neo-Nazis is today chillingly echoed by Donald Trump. By George Eaton
8320, 8321 “We are a conscious collective” – inside Beirut’s revolutionary movement Widespread protests in Lebanon have already led to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. But, activists say, the revolution is just beginning. By Angela Brussel
BBC’s His Dark Materials keeps all the seriousness of the original novels The TV and books I loved best as a child flattered me by seeming to treat me as an adult: this adaptation will do the same for many children. By Rachel Cooke
8277, 8279 Benjamin Myers’s The Offing: a sensual pleasure The prose in The Offing is baroque and proudly old-fashioned, the antithesis of Sally Rooney-style sparseness. By Alice O'Keeffe
8300, 8302 How do machines think? We have built AI systems that can do everything from diagnose our illnesses to drive our cars. But how can we trust them if we don’t understand them? By Philip Ball
8268, 8272, 8300, 8362, 8303 We've failed to prevent the spread of disinformation, and it's corroding society A chain of recent events that cycled from fact to fiction encapsulated a worrying problem with our political culture. By Jasper Jackson
8268, 8275, 8274, 8447 The BBC is to blame for the Tories skipping television debates and interviews When you can cherrypick appearances on the broadcaster that is the main news source for most of the population, why worry about a block of ice on Channel 4? By Stephen Bush
8268, 8272, 8300, 8362, 8303 All the parties are being dishonest online – but the Conservatives are better at it Different approaches to misinformation by the leading parties could have an impact on the election. By Jasper Jackson
8268, 8300, 8362, 8303, 8447 Why are the Conservatives posting 71-minute hypnotic videos to YouTube? The 2019 general election campaign is through the looking glass. By Chris Stokel-Walker
8268, 8366, 8277, 8283 Why we should relish the death of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Cloaked in faux-feminism and masquerading as "girl power", the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show never stopped being a buffet for the male gaze. By Sarah Manavis
8320 A world in revolt Throughout 2019, leaderless protests have engulfed cities across the world, fuelled by stagnant economies and enfeebled democracies. Our writers ask how a year of upheaval is transforming global politics By New Statesman
8268, 8320, 8325 Chile’s unrest has reawakened its egalitarian spirit The combination of low wages, rising living costs, meagre pension provisions and expensive drugs are driving growing numbers of Chileans into debt and despair. By Jerome Roos
8268, 8320, 8323 One year on, the gilets jaunes are still fighting for justice Their broad political programme reflected the protest’s diversity, with activists from both left and right. By Didier Fassin and Anne-Claire Defossez
8268, 8328 The real reason for the UK’s record employment: we’re poorer The boom in jobs and working hours reflects the fact that our living standards are worse than expected. By Torsten Bell
8268, 8323 Germany seems strong, but it is still grappling with the forces unleashed when the wall fell The country brought back together 30 years ago was a nation not just divided but stunted: its past not fully processed. By Jeremy Cliffe
8268, 8445, 8275 Britain's floods show how unprepared it is for the climate crisis As severe floods from a month’s worth of rain in one day claim a life, there is only one way to find a flood strategy that works. By Anoosh Chakelian
