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Autocrat v bureaucrat: Turkey’s crucial vote
It is probably this year’s most important election—and for the first time in a long time, the country’s strongman leader has a plausible adversary. O…
3 years, 3 months ago
A scratch in the Teflon: Trump’s sexual-battery loss
A jury unanimously found Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation. We examine his first major legal loss. Thailand’s opposition looks se…
3 years, 3 months ago
Ukraine 2.0: a revealing visit to Kyiv
Our Russia and defence editors travelled to the capital, finding a city largely back to normal. They ask both civilians and the country’s top brass a…
3 years, 3 months ago
Good, bad and ugly: the Taliban and Afghanistan
Their return to rule is unequivocally bad for the country’s women and girls. But wholesale collapse has not come and some aspects of government have …
3 years, 3 months ago
Another season of the crown: the coronation of Charles III
He has been king since September; now it is time for the pomp. We examine the modern monarchy—and the ancient frippery of coronations. Despite prior …
3 years, 3 months ago
Difference between right and Ron: DeSantis miscalculates
Florida’s governor has made a headline-grabbing rightward lurch as part of a presumed bid for the White House. But both Mr DeSantis’s critics and his…
3 years, 3 months ago
Another think coming? An AI pioneer steps down
Geoffrey Hinton, a legend of artificial-intelligence research, wants to be able to speak his mind about the technology’s risks. We ask whether those …
3 years, 3 months ago
Re-route of all evil: transnational crime and Ukraine’s war
Criminal networks have had to reorganise since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with knock-on effects from Afghanistan to the Andes. We take a look at t…
3 years, 3 months ago
Long shots: the complex nature of civil wars
Climate change is stirring up internecine conflicts, criminality is making them longer, and cross-border contagion is complicating matters further. W…
3 years, 3 months ago
Without reserves: Bolivia faces an economic crisis
AS A GAS // As a gas producer, the state was able to build up enormous reserves. But failing to pivot when global prices fell has created debt, a dol…
3 years, 3 months ago