Cold cash
What do you do if you’re the European Union, and you’re sitting on more than $200 billion belonging to the Kremlin? Sir William Browder on a potential turning point in the Ukraine war.
Introducing ‘Out of Control’
There are all kinds of ways life might conspire to make other people’s experiences difficult for you to imagine.
Connections
What does financial repression in autocracies have to do with financial freedom in democracies? Justin Callais on human flourishing in the modern world.
Under Paris skies, cont.
Victor Granic writes in re. Pavel Durov’s detention in France: “… the question is why Durov and not Musk or
Under Paris skies
A French court has denied a request by Pavel Durov, the co-founder of the encrypted-messaging app Telegram, to
Enigmas
What exactly is the problem here? Justin Callais on the ambiguities of corruption.
Introducing Altered States
Corruption is everywhere. Or so you might think—because narratives of corruption are everywhere.
Coming soon
Coming soon. Next Friday, The Signal will debut the member’s despatch, a weekly digest on current affairs. The despatch
Note: The Oslo connection
The Oslo connection. Despite all the partisan malice that might seem to be consuming the democratic world, there’s a
Note: ‘A whole new era’
‘A whole new era.’ After a video was posted in early April of female students in Iran dancing and riding
