The Signal (Page 6)

Apr. 12, 2025 | SGNL

The x-ray style

Member’s despatch, Week XV

18 minute read

Apr. 10, 2025 | SGNL

‘The idea of the godfather as an alternative’

Week XV, letter II: The trade-war era on pause. A new government in Berlin. & It looks dry on the far side of the moon. + Why are U.S. law enforcement and military forces converging? & new music from Dean Wareham.

5 minute read

Apr. 09, 2025 | Stephen Hanson & Gustav Jönsson

The custom of dons

If Donald Trump isn’t an autocrat, what is he? Stephen Hanson on the old historical model for the new American presidency.

12 minute read

Apr. 08, 2025 | SGNL

Do you know corruption when you see it?

Week XV, letter I: Stocks keep falling around the world. Shuffling the deck in Serbia. & Bombs keep falling in Ukraine. + Why are big Chinese banks raising the enormous sum of US$72 billion in new capital? & new music from DJ Python.

6 minute read

Apr. 04, 2025 | SGNL

Dark energies

Member’s despatch, Week XIV

17 minute read

Apr. 02, 2025 | Michael Bluhm & Nicholas Kumleben

Moscow rules

How can Russia still be Europe’s biggest natural-gas supplier? Nicholas Kumleben on the Continent’s bad bet on a decades-long economic relationship with the Kremlin.

10 minute read

Mar. 28, 2025 | SGNL

Vital transitions

Member’s despatch, Week XIII

14 minute read

Mar. 26, 2025 | Gustav Jönsson & Daniel Schlozman

Identity politics

How are America’s Democrats responding to being out of power? Daniel Schlozman on the deep problems beneath last year’s seemingly modest election loss.