What’s America need allies for?
The weekend despatch: The U.S. has gone all in on dominance before. How North Korea got the bomb. + Why Westerns sound the way they do.
End games
The weekend despatch: Why is a living American president memorializing himself? A lemon-shaped planet with diamond rain. + How British is British R&B?
Motion without movement
The weekend despatch: What are Ukraine and Russia “negotiating”? Cuba’s secret oil lifeline. + Who is Benny Moré?
Old haunts
The weekend despatch: Why FIFA invented a peace prize. Thirty-eight years of ozone recovery. + What’s Wisdom Teeth Records?
The end of World War II is over
The weekend despatch: Ukraine’s six-day ultimatum. Sudan’s missing thousands. + What’s plunderphonics?
Grand-theft democracy
The weekend despatch: Why is there so much corruption everywhere? A detour to Mars. + What’s the Numero Group?
Information ministry
The weekend despatch: Why is U.S. federal data disappearing while citizen surveillance expands? How is Russia luring workers from Africa and Asia into combat? + What were the V-Discs?
Phase one
The weekend despatch: Is there a pattern in Trump’s framework deals? What do AI models see forming in the South China Sea? + Is disco … undead?
Venezuelan roulette
The weekend despatch: What are all these American troops actually doing in the Caribbean? Tropical Storm Melissa isn’t far behind. + What is raptor house?
Look on my works, ye mighty
The weekend despatch: Power and risk in the new Washington. A vexing disturbance from the Antarctic seafloor. &c.
