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Apr. 01, 2025 |

From Channels, the new debut album by the London dance duo Kassian, a song dedicated to the

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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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| Michael Bluhm & Nicholas Kumleben

Moscow rules

How can Russia still be Europe’s biggest natural-gas supplier? Nicholas Kumleben on the Continent’s bad bet on a decades-long economic relationship with the Kremlin.
10 minute read
| 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 politically 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
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