Category Archives: Foreign Affairs

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – AUGUST 14, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘A Very British Scandal’ – What the Jason Arday affair reveals about the UK.

The fall of Jason Arday

What does the response to his public disgrace tell us about Britain? By Pratinav Anil

A dream of Cambridge

The university’s place in the public imagination is as illusory as Jason Arday’s academic credentials By David Runciman

The world is more dangerous than I can ever remember

We are running out of time By Jeremy Bowen

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – AUGUST 7, 2026

Europe's shame

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘Europe’s Shame’ – Attacked from all sides, the continent has turned against itself.

The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe’s hollow centre

How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself. By Bruno Maçães

Abandon all hope ye who examine government spending

Watch the full horror of our finances unroll before you By Will Dunn

Welcome to the pyrocene

This summer has proved that some people would rather watch things burn than inconvenience capitalism By Richard Seymour

The prophet of the new right

In the life and work of Correlli Barnett, we can find all the most dangerous currents of contemporary conservatism. By John Merrick

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 31, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The New Terror’ – How the nuclear shadow returned….

The new nuclear terror

Our Cold War nightmares have returned as a global arms race By Katie Stallard

The responsibility of scientists

We created the nuclear monster. We must warn against it now By Carlo Rovelli

Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump

Maga officials view the “special relationship” as insulting By Freddie Hayward

Inside the Green Party’s defence divide

The left-wing faction behind Zack Polanski has called on the party to oppose increases to defence spending By Megan Kenyon

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 24, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Take Over’ – Inside Andy Burnham’s first days in No. 10….

The take over

In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently By Ailbhe Rea

No laughing matter

Jim Davidson and Nigel Farage represent an England that will not go quietly By Nicholas Harris

Gabriel Zucman: “There is an extreme wealth curse”

The French economist on the lies the rich tell us about wealth tax By Will Dunn

NATIONAL REVIEW MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2026 PREVIEW

NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘Running the Border’ – Our obsolete asylum laws…

America’s Asylum System Is Broken

How to make our humanitarian immigration policies serve national interests. Dan McLaughlin

Something Is Going to Happen

The gathering geopolitical crisis. Daniel Foster

Reading Is Not Dead

The future of literacy, literature, and liberal democracy. Dominic Green

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 17, 2026

Andy Burnham knows our nostalgia - New Statesman

THE NEW STATESMN: The latest issue features ‘After Keir Starmer’…

After Keir Starmer

Can we move past our decade of failure? By Tom McTague

Madam President, Marine Le Pen?

With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory By Julian Jackson

Vladimir Putin has no way out

But he may not want one By Katie Stallard

King Charles’ decency is irrelevant

Andrew is no abberation. None of the royals deserve their moral authority By Oli Dugmore

PROSPECT MAGAZINE – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2026

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PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features …

Britain’s next generation is all grown up

Young Britons are locked out of housing and jobs and crushed by the cost of living. Marie Le Conte argues that it’s time they were given back their future. Elsewhere, Alona Ferber visits Israel ahead of key elections and Jen Stout reports from Ukraine

Inside the battle to oust Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope

Trump’s Anthropic spat has made the case for AI sovereignty

Ethan Zuckerman

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 10, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Great Con’ ….

Nigel Farage, the confidence trickster

Nigel Farage is manoeuvring as he always has: by deception. By Tom McTague

Americans loves queuing even more than we do

Donald Trump’s 4 July parade was an assault on the senses. By Freddie Hayward

In the cult of Kemi, nothing is real

When listening to Badenoch speak, it is important to remember she is suffering from delusion. By Will Dunn

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Who Will Win the Next War’….

Losing the War of the Future

How New Technologies Threaten America’s Military Advantage by Paul Scharre

The Mirage of China’s Military Edge

Panic Is Misguided—and Counterproductive by Dennis Blair

The Next Russia Threat

Moscow’s Military Power After Ukraine by Michael Kofman

The Middle East Power Paradox

How the Iran War Will Transform America’s Military Role by Dana Stroul

The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence

And the Coming Crisis in Strategic Stability by Rose Gottemoeller

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JUNE 19, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Race’ by Will Lloyd…

Whose national character is it anyway?

The zeitgeist is hard to diagnose – but it has a powerful historical force. By Tom McTague

Elon Musk is the bastard heir of liberal capitalism

The richest man in history spends his days talking about racial grievances. By Oli Dugmore

A modern Canterbury tale

What has become of Chaucer’s pilgrimage? By George Monaghan