Potemkin polls: Russia’s elections
The winner of Russia’s elections was not in doubt. Vladimir Putin’s party, United Russia, came out on top. But despite the ballot stuffing and repression, the opposition still managed to rattle the Kr...
20 Syys 202121min
Sub plot: the AUKUS alliance
The alliance between America, Britain and Australia has enormous significance, most of all for its nuclear-submarine provisions. We look at the global realignment it represents. The container-shipping...
17 Syys 202122min
Shake, rattle the roles: Britain’s cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has re-allocated a number of key government posts. We ask how the changes reflect his political standing and what they mean for his agenda. A first-of-its-kind study that ...
16 Syys 202121min
Hunger gains: Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
Economic collapse and halting international aid following the Taliban’s takeover have compounded shortages that were already deepening; we examine the unfolding disaster. The verdict in a blockbuster ...
15 Syys 202120min
Percent of the governed: California’s recall vote
Governor Gavin Newsom is fighting off a bid to remove him that puts the world’s fifth-largest economy and, possibly, control of the Senate in play for Republicans. Russia’s exercises in Belarus are th...
14 Syys 202123min
Getting their vax up: America’s vaccine mandates
President Joe Biden’s requirements for employers to insist on vaccinations are a bold move amid flatlining inoculation rates. But will they work? For decades the world’s cities seemed invincible, but ...
13 Syys 202120min
From the ground up: New York after 9/11
The horrors of 20 years ago spurred an ambitious transformation, not just at the site of the attacks but across the city’s five boroughs. We visit what has risen from the ashes. A growing body of acad...
10 Syys 202122min
Putsch back: Africa’s latest coup in Guinea
It is unclear whether better governance lies ahead after a military takeover; what is certain is that Africa’s unwelcome trend of defenestrations has returned. We ask why. Justin Trudeau, Canada’s pri...
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