Asia’s dangerous new arms race
Russia’s war and China’s military build-up are provoking an unprecedented change in Japan’s approach to its defence.
ByVladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia and has been the country’s leader, with an interlude as prime minister, for more than 22 years. Putin was born in 1952, studied law at Leningrad State University and served for 15 years as a KGB officer before becoming a politician in 1991.
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We need to change our thinking: this may become an unresolved global conflict of a kind we haven’t seen before.
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It is Kyiv – not the West – which has set Ukraine’s war aims.
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The New Statesman’s predictions for a turbulent year on the world stage.
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The geopolitical forecast for 2023: Divisions in the West and unrest on Russia’s borders
Predictions for a tumultuous year ahead.
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Despite repeated military failures, Vladimir Putin is signalling that he is prepared to destroy Ukraine rather than back down.
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The first signs of Ukraine war fatigue in the West are starting to appear
Yet pressure is increasing on Germany to send Kyiv tanks.
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Valery Gerasimov may not be able to stem Russia’s losses
Vladimir Putin shuffling around the military’s top brass won’t significantly alter the reality of Russia’s war.
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Some allies fear threatening to retake the peninsula could provoke a nuclear attack.
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Letter from Ukraine: new year, same war
The Ukrainian novelist writes about ringing in 2023 amid drone attacks.
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Ten crucial questions about the world in 2023
The New Statesman’s writer at large identifies important global trends for the year ahead – and makes some predictions.
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The Ukraine war has made predictions futile
Russia can’t win its self-evidently stupid war – and working out what will happen next is almost impossible.
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The best New Statesman long reads of 2022
The stories and essays that had you (and us) gripped from start to finish this year.
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