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Angela Merkel’s failures serve as a warning to British leaders

The former German chancellor’s short-termism created an unsustainable economic model. Will the UK avoid the same trap?

By Wolfgang Münchau

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What China’s devastating Covid outbreak means for the rest of the world

What China’s devastating Covid outbreak means for the rest of the world

Katie Stallard

Book of the Day

Bret Easton Ellis’s death wish

Anna Leszkiewicz

Rishi Sunak’s “anti-strike” law won’t work – just look at Europe

War in Ukraine

The Putin backlash

The Putin backlash

Lawrence Freedman

Letter from Ukraine: new year, same war

Letter from Ukraine: new year, same war

Andrey Kurkov

Jens Stoltenberg: “We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”

The International Interview

Jens Stoltenberg: “We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”

Megan Gibson

Why the West underestimated Ukraine

Why the West underestimated Ukraine

Olesya Khromeychuk

From Our Writers

Andrew Marr

Prince Harry’s war on the Windsors

Sarah Manavis

The Brazil riots were openly planned on social media. So why was nothing done?

Jeremy Cliffe

The “Lady Voldemort” of German politics is poised to unite the extreme left and right

Megan Gibson

Iran’s regime won’t be easily toppled

World

Germany’s far-right plot shows how old and new forms of extremism are fusing

Hard-line nationalism has merged with conspiracy theories such as QAnon.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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Margrethe Vestager: “Twitter must ensure what is illegal offline is illegal online”

The International Interview

Margrethe Vestager: “Twitter must ensure what is illegal offline is illegal online”

Ido Vock

One year in, has Germany’s traffic-light coalition “dared more progress”?

The brutal methods of Russia’s Wagner Group

Ido Vock

How the Chinese takeover of the UK’s largest semiconductor factory unravelled

Oscar Williams

Dmitry Medvedev and all the president's hawks

Dmitry Medvedev and all the president’s hawks

Ido Vock

International Politics

The coming Republican civil war

Katie Stallard

Podcasts

Where do China’s lockdown protests go from here?

Where do China’s lockdown protests go from here?

What’s the cost of Qatar’s World Cup?

What’s the cost of Qatar’s World Cup?

What Israel’s new right-wing government could mean, with Amir Tibon

What Israel’s new right-wing government could mean, with Amir Tibon

Russia in retreat

Russia in retreat

Long Read

A battle for the soul of English cricket

A battle for the soul of English cricket

When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism, resignations and inquiries followed. Has anything changed?

By Emma John

Culture and Books

Richard Powers: “Climate change is a psychological problem”

The author of The Overstory and Bewilderment explains why our best hope is to reconnect with nature.

By India Bourke

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British diplomacy in the dock

Book of the Day

British diplomacy in the dock

David Edgerton

Interviews and Profiles

Édouard Louis: “I dream of a world without politics”

The 14 best books to help you understand Putin’s Russia

New Statesman

Book of the Day

The Last Colony exposes a deep injustice at the heart of the British state

Hannah Rose Woods

Kathy Reichs Q&A: "I worry every time my grandkids go out"

Kathy Reichs Q&A: “I worry every time my grandkids go out”

New Statesman

Antonio Banderas and the art of self-parody

Ryan Gilbey

UK Politics

The law against assisted dying is causing avoidable misery

As justice secretary, my consultation paper on assisted dying was blocked by No 10 – now others must reform a…

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The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

The New Statesman podcast

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

Rishi Sunak needs to show the public he can do more than crisis management

Rishi Sunak needs to show the public he can do more than crisis management

Freddie Hayward

Letter of the week: The Tory Bennites

Letter of the week: The Tory Bennites

New Statesman

Jess Phillips’s Diary: Building up to power, Rishi Sunak’s healthcare, and why I would decree beards for all men

Jess Phillips’s Diary: Building up to power, Rishi Sunak’s healthcare, and why I would decree beards for all men

Jess Phillips

Business

Good riddance to the buy-to-let landlord

Good riddance to the buy-to-let landlord

Emma Haslett

The fall of fast fashion

The fall of fast fashion

Emma Haslett

Why Jeremy Hunt is gambling with thousands of small businesses

Why Jeremy Hunt is gambling with thousands of small businesses

Will Dunn

The long and futile history of British anti-strike law

The long and futile history of British anti-strike law

Anoosh Chakelian

Magazine

Burning down the House of Windsor

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Burning down the House of Windsor

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Prince Harry’s war on the Windsors

By Andrew Marr

Is Substack the future of media?

By Harry Lambert

The new class war

By Jonathan Rutherford