Break a LegCo: Hong Kong’s protests boil over
Protesters are in a defiant mood—a hard core of them has smashed up Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. But demonstrations aren’t going to make the territory any more free. The state-owned investment veh...
2 Jul 201921min
Armoured Khartoum: Sudan’s bloody transition
Protesters returned to the streets of Khartoum this weekend, again with deadly consequences. We look back to last month’s violent crackdown, and consider Sudan’s troubled push for democracy. China’s s...
1 Jul 201922min
Census and sensibility: landmark SCOTUS rulings
America’s highest court has handed down decisions that will shape voter representation for years to come. The rulings make clear the court’s reluctance to become politicised. As China’s and America’s ...
28 Jun 201923min
Fight if you Haftar: the struggle for Libya
Life in Libya’s capital seems calm, even as a warlord backed by ragtag forces bids to take the city. Meanwhile the putative government can muster little political power—or electric power. We examine a...
27 Jun 201922min
Rights on Q: same-sex marriage in Japan
A bill to recognise same-sex marriage has failed in Japan’s parliament, exposing a widening divide between the views of its politicians and the values of its people. For some officials, Burundi’s elec...
26 Jun 201921min
Money in the West Bank: Kushner’s peace plan
Tensions between Iran and America are distracting from Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. It’s got plenty of dollar signs, but no sign yet of a political solution. We ask why...
25 Jun 201921min
Lover or Leaver? How Brexit divided Britons
Exactly three years after the referendum result, it’s clear: Brexit has driven Britain a bit batty. We look into the grand societal divides that the vote exposed. In Istanbul, a repeat mayoral electio...
24 Jun 201922min
Blonde ambition: Boris’s bid for power
Charming buffoon or cunning chameleon? Welcoming liberal or snarling Brexiteer? We ask why, despite having no guiding philosophy, Boris Johnson is so likely to become Britain’s prime minister. Our obi...
21 Jun 201923min
