The enemy of their enemy: the Kurds ally with Syria
Turkey’s violent strikes on north-eastern Syria came as swiftly as America’s withdrawal. The overwhelmed Kurds, once America’s staunch allies against Islamic State, now want protection from Syria’s Ru...
14 Loka 201920min
PiS prize: Poland’s crucial election
It is at once a story of post-communist success and of populist threats to the rule of law by the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party. What direction will Poles choose for their country? Gay rights ...
11 Loka 201921min
Uncomfortable president: Trump’s stonewalling
The White House is stonewalling the impeachment inquiry. Could that hinder the Democrats’ ability to build a strong public case? We look at this year’s crop of Nobel prizes in the sciences and ask why...
10 Loka 201919min
Sorry state: Kashmir on lockdown
Two months after India’s Hindu-nationalist government stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy, 7m people are still in limbo. How will it end? Could America’s angrily partisan politics ...
9 Loka 201920min
Just a Kurd to him: Trump’s Syria withdrawal
The president’s sudden talk of departure from a contested strip of the Turkey-Syria border betrays the Kurds who helped beat back Islamic State—and risks throwing the region into chaos. A look at the ...
8 Loka 201920min
Trade disunion: America’s tariff wars
Chinese and American trade negotiators will again be trying to avoid more eye-watering tariffs this week; meanwhile a years-long dispute with the European Union has sparked yet more levies. Where does...
7 Loka 201922min
Duty call: how Ukraine sees the Trump scandal
A phone call between the presidents has sparked an impeachment inquiry in America. But how do the people of Ukraine view the kerfuffle? Massive student protests put Indonesia’s president in a bind, ba...
4 Loka 201922min
Immunisation shot? The case against Binyamin Netanyahu
Political deadlock in Israel is now inextricably intertwined with a case against the prime minister. An eventual coalition could provide him with immunity, or could seal his political fate. The signat...
3 Loka 201920min
