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Mar. 30, 2025 |

‘The Artroom Wonder.’ The great former front man of Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, returns with an operatic ode to his sixth-form

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Mar. 26, 2025 |

A very high-profile trial in Brazil. Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court decided unanimously on March 26 that the country’s

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Mar. 26, 2025 |

A very strange affair in Washington. Details of American plans to bomb Yemen’s Houthi rebels were inadvertently shared with

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| The Signal

Vital transitions

Member’s despatch | Week XIII, MMXXV. Developments, debates, new music, &c.
10 minute read
| Michael Bluhm

New, new world order

Why are so many countries putting up new barriers to free trade? Martin Wolf on the globalization era’s end—and the signs of what’s coming next.
2 minute read
| Gustav Jönsson

Parties over

Why has Britain, “a byword for political stability for three centuries,” become so volatile? Jonathan Sumption on the waning era of parties in the U.K. and Europe.
2 minute read
| Gustav Jönsson & Daniel Schlozman

Identity politics

How are America’s Democrats responding to being out of power? Daniel Schlozman on the deep problems beneath last year’s seemingly modest election loss.
10 minute read
| Michael Bluhm

That other conflict

Why is the U.S. bombing in Yemen? Vali Nasr on the repercussions of Iran’s new weakness in a transformed Middle East.
2 minute read
| Gustav Jönsson

The surveillance States

What’s the conflict over government surveillance in America really about? Anthony Gregory on privacy rights, national security, and the reality of being a global superpower.
2 minute read
| Michael Bluhm & Scott Kennedy

Chinese chess

What’s Beijing’s strategy for dealing with Donald Trump? Scott Kennedy on where China sees the threats and opportunities from the new U.S. administration.
12 minute read
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