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King’s rules

Member’s despatch, Week XX: Why would Donald Trump accept a $400 million jetliner from the dictatorship in Qatar? A rebel group fighting for almost half a century disbands. & A rare copy of the Magna Carta has been hiding in plain sight. + Music from Cybotron. What is electro? &c.
19 minute read
| Rosie Campbell & Gustav Jönsson

Divergence

Why are younger men increasingly voting for the populist right and younger women, the environmental left? Rosie Campbell on a new gender divide in the Western world.
9 minute read
| Allison Braden & Victor Shih

Whisked away

Why are millions of factory jobs leaving China? Victor Shih on the country’s extraordinary self-inflicted loss.
9 minute read
| SGNL

Veritatis splendor

Member’s despatch, Week XIX: ‘We have a pope.’ India, Pakistan, and all-out war. & Thinking about the beauty of art helps thinking abstractly. + Is Donald Trump making China more popular? How to have humane labor in an age of automated work? Music from Tenor Saw. What is dancehall reggae? &c.
18 minute read
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As Greeks to the Romans

Week XIX, letter II: India‘s attack on Pakistan. Germany‘s uncertain new government. & Captive-born axolotls make it back to the wild in the wetlands around the Mexico City. + Why is the U.K. so dependent on the U.S.? & New music from A Sagittariun.
5 minute read
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Roads to Damascus

Week XIX, letter I: An election surprise in Australia. Tremors in Gaza. & More than a million want to run in London. + Who’s winning the struggle for power and influence in Syria? & New music from Maria Somerville.
5 minute read
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