Russia’s local elections: Navalny’s anti-Kremlin campaigning pays off
Ruling party candidates have swept to victory in almost every regional contest – but the opposition also demonstrated its potential.
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The meaning of Moria: what we must learn from the refugee camp’s fires
The pandemic has so far not proved the wake-up call the world needed.
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How Boris Johnson’s government is destroying the UK’s soft power
Ministers’ actions seem almost perfectly designed to trash Britain’s reputation on the world stage.
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Will the Conservative rebellion over Brexit defeat the government?
Even if the Internal Market Bill survives unscathed, it’s not clear why Boris Johnson believes this is a fight worth having…
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New data: The pandemic will set back global development by a decade
Once the pandemic is taken into account, goals such as the eradication of poverty will only be fulfilled by 2092.
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Podcast: The Riled West
The New Statesman’s World Review podcast with Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin.
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US presidential election 2020: Can Donald Trump cling on to his base?
To win re-election, the US president needs to unite his “red wall” core vote, while sowing doubt among Joe Biden’s.
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Aravind Adiga’s Amnesty: a tense study of an illegal immigrant in Australia
The Booker Prize winner once again shows how powerfully he can probe the outer limits of dignity and agency for angry…
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