Bethany Allen’s Beijing Rules reveals the strategy and silence behind China’s rise
The Silent Giant: The Superpower That Hid in Plain Sight
The New Okies: How America Turns Its Wrath on the Dispossessed
As America edges toward authoritarianism, I picked up John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath again.
Sew Long, AGOA: Trump’s Trade War Hits Africa Hardest
Can Africa’s meagre industrial gains survive the sudden loss of preferential access to the American market?
My 10 Lessons from Ramadan 2025
Ramadan comes each year with its quiet demands, its small disruptions. Here are the ten lessons I learnt during the month—on restraint, clarity, and the unexpected gifts of hunger.
Between the World and the Word: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s New Message
What happens when a writer famous for documenting Black American struggle turns his gaze outward—to Africa, to the Middle East, to history itself?
Britain’s Coming Storm: How Nigel Farage’s Pound Shop Populism Took Hold
Nigel Farage is a grifter, a man out for himself alone, but he sells his message as if it belongs to everyone else.
The Rhine on Edge: Can Germany Save Itself and Europe?
With economic and political pressures mounting, Germany is at a crossroads. Can it save itself and Europe?
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