Personal story: What makes us mortal
Twenty years after my father's terminal cancer diagnosis, I listened to my spouse's doctor reveal the same news – but, this time,…
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US-China economic integration shaped today’s world, but now it is going into reverse
A New Statesman Media Group special on the decoupling of America and China.
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Forced abortion and secret sterilisation: how China has abused Uighur women for decades
Women from China's Uighur minority reveal how the country's family planning policies, which have long controlled women’s bodies, have been weaponised…
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Why Armenia and Azerbaijan are clashing over Nagorno-Karabakh
The latest bout of fighting over the disputed territory has the potential to draw in outside actors, such as Turkey.
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The political consequences of China’s net-zero climate aim
A new commitment to carbon neutrality alters governments’ calculus for standing up to the superpower.
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Dumplings unwrapped: what Georgia’s national dish reveals about the country
The irony of Georgian food is that it is almost unknown in the West, which the country looks to politically,…
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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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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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