Blind spots
A dictators’ parade as personal betrayal for the U.S. president. Open corruption topples a strongman. &c. | The member’s despatch, Week XXXVI.
Bolivia’s electoral earthquake
The political landscape of the Plurinational State of Bolivia shattered on Sunday when the centrist senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira scored
Ms. Maxwell and the pardon factor
On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department released a 337-page transcript and audio recordings of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’
Famine and the fog of information war
On Thursday, the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification declared famine conditions in northern Gaza, making this only the fifth
Interpretation codes
Competing interests in Gaza spin competing evidence of famine into competing narratives about the war there—with vastly different stakes. … Ghislaine Maxwell’s jailhouse testimony clearing Trump raises tougher questions than whether she’s telling the truth.
Death by smartphone
How are smartphones transforming modern warfare? … How much has Donald Trump made off the U.S. presidency? … & How can America adapt to an increasingly multipolar world?
Deadlock in Seoul
The constitutional crisis that began with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed martial-law gambit in December continued this week
The Gaza City question
On August 8, Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a plan for the Israeli Defense Forces to occupy Gaza City, the
Alaska’s aftermath
Updated: Saturday, August 16, 14:30 GMT.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for nearly
