Bill Gates: the Optimist’s Dilemma
The philanthropist has been fighting global disease for 25 years. He believes the world is at a dangerous tipping point.
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Can Labour reset UK relations with the Global South?
The objection to the ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu is a test for the government.
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The Lammy Doctrine
Labour’s foreign-secretary-in-waiting on why Britain must adapt to the world as it is, not as liberals wish it to be.
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A left-wing vision for a post-Brexit Britain
We should engage with the Global South and ease migration restrictions from Commonwealth countries.
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Putin’s fractured world
The Russian president is using the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to divide the West and the Global South.
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What Putin learned from Hitler
The two dictators considered themselves engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Western imperialism – and retaliated with their own plans…
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The lessons of Chile’s struggle against Big Tech
Salvador Allende’s greatest legacy is his attempt to democratise technology.
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The Global South’s lost dream of mediated peace in Ukraine
The G20 summit may prove that Vladimir Putin has annoyed too many countries with significant clout in international affairs.
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Why China and its trading allies are well placed to topple the dollar
After decades meting out sanctions and financial coercion, the US may soon feel its grip on world trade beginning to…
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Letter of the week: A multipolar world
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Christoph Heusgen: “We have to reach out beyond the West”
The chairman of the Munich Security Conference on why Europeans must prioritise the Global South to uphold the international rule…
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How rich countries continue to bankroll fossil fuels in the Global South
Wealthier nations need not only to pay for wind and solar power in poorer countries, but also stop financing new…
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The US produces the same carbon emissions as 89 countries in the Global South
As nations race to stave off further climate crisis, some shoulder more responsibility than others.
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Coronavirus hits the Global South
The humanitarian and economic disaster facing poorer countries as they grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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