China’s Spies Are on the Offensive
An analysis of a spate of intelligence activity involving China and the United States.
Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump
A profile of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – a man who like many in his party has gone from “disdaining Trump to embracing him with barely a murmur of dissent.”
Justin Trudeau: the rise and fall of a political brand
A less than flattering profile of the Canadian Prime Minister.
What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?
Ben Rhodes, a former advisor to Barack Obama, writes about Aung San Suu Kyi’s journey from icon of democratic protest, to working as part of a regime committing ethnic cleansing. Some readers are suggesting that her former position only ever amounted to Western democracies projecting what they wanted to see.
Kamala Harris Makes Her Case
A political profile that goes beyond the norms of the format, particularly in exploring the dynamics of San Francisco power networks that helped forge Kamala Harris’s political career. Harris’s poll numbers spiked after an impressive performance in the recent Democratic primary debates.
‘The Era of People Like You Is Over’: How Turkey Purged Its Intellectuals
The Erdogan administration’s assault on Ankara University’s illustrious school of political science.
The Two Jacobs
James Meek on the dual characters of Jacob Rees-Mogg and their impact on Brexit Britain. Jacob 1 – “a member of Parliament performing a rolling re-enactment of steak-and-kidney-pudding Edwardian Britishness”, and Jacob 2 – “master of the spreadsheet…shrugging off the opening and closing of factories in this or that country as no more than the fluttering of gills on Mammon’s throat.”
The Border Patrol Hits a Breaking Point
A deeply troubling account of the agency at the heart of the Mike Pence migrant centre visit and the uproar surrounding it.
‘Mother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump
A behind the scenes retelling of how Team Trump responded to the Access Hollywood tape scandal.