06
Sep
Under the blood-red moon
Thaksin Shinawatra flees Thailand. A full lunar eclipse over four continents. &c. + Stepping back from the screen.
5 min read
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05
Sep
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.
10 min read
04
Sep
Checks and balances
A long day for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rest in peace, Giorgio Armani. &c. + Why is Russia jamming GPS navigation on flights across Europe?
6 min read
03
Sep
Who controls the past …
A new January 6 probe in Washington. A conspiracy in Beijing. &c. + What’s Afrobeat?
5 min read
02
Sep
The gathering
Dictators unite for a Beijing military spectacle. A U.S. judge blocks the Trump administration’s domestic troop deployment. &c. + Late summer’s remarkable tech-stock tank.
4 min read
01
Sep
Fault lines
Disaster and diplomatic isolation in Afghanistan. The planets are aligning. &c. + A word on what’s ahead.
5 min read
22
Aug
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.
16 min read
20
Aug
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?
10 min read
18
Aug
Obscured by clouds
Why does North Korea keep threatening South Korea and its allies without ever going to war? Michael Breen on theater and reality in one of the most enigmatic places on Earth.
12 min read
15
Aug
All the razzle-dazzle
14 min read