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Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation
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The British state is navigating the choppiest waters
Letters & opinions
Letters & opinions
The articles about the monarchy in the September issue
Brexit is rooted in the ground beneath our feet
Loyalty to where we’re born is what creates the space for democracy
A failure of history
Russia’s Revolution is recalled in a misleading monochrome
The fiction that boys shouldn’t cry
Why reading books would make men more empathetic
Unlawful and unjust
Poland’s ruling party can win elections, but it subverts the rule of law on which democracy depends
The House rules
The Speaker of the Commons on how parliament can be improved
When Congress told Trump—you’re fired!
Capitol Hill has quietly terminated a noisy presidency, where foreign affairs are concerned
The fourth revolution
The government is fighting to keep hi-tech industries in a post-Brexit Britain
Turning the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy into reality
Turning the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy into
No justice, no peace\
Can a court’s decision to annul Kenya’s election change the course of the nation?
Speed data
The world’s nuclear weapons
Who’s got them? How many? And how big?
Features
The political is personal
Forget ideas, organisation and policy. Every British and American election in 70 years has boiled down to the character thing—who is the leader that’s got what it takes?
Sorry Andrew, context trumps character
Leaders alone cannot account for the outcome of all
Charm and steel
A pro-European among Brexiteers and a liberal at the Home Office, Amber Rudd has shown herself to be a flexible operator. But could she make it to the top, asks Gaby Hinsliff
PROSPECT PORTRAITS
Don’t call her baby
Jo Swinson turned down the chance to lead her party, but this tough-minded Lib Dem is biding her time, says Rachel Sylvester
Dropped out, tuned in
The Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner, explains Jennifer Williams, is an increasingly rare Labour MP, who doesn’t just talk about social mobility—but embodies it
Death of an American myth
For good and ill, the US has always believed that it is an exceptional nation. Not any more
Meet the Mastos
A Syrian family moves to Ohio—is there a place for them in Trump’s America?
Is this the man to stand up to Trump?
UN Secretary General António Guterres is everything the American president is not. But is he ready to lead?
BREXIT SPECIAL
Should there be another EU referendum?
The Duel
Britain’s new Gaullists
The Brexit bunch would shudder to admit it—but they are following a decidedly French script
The winding road to Remain
The clock is ticking, the die is cast—or is it? As the Brexit talks go nowhere fast, we map the bumps in the road that could, conceivably, see the UK reconsider, and Remain in 2019
The machine in the ghost
His mind was the most powerful motor in modern philosophy. But as a human being, Gottlob Frege was a narrow man who left no mark
Brief encounter
Brief encounter
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Balancing acts
The Bank of England’s tussles with the Treasury—from the gold standard to the Crash—have shaped the nation’s economy for 300 years, says Robert Skidelsky
The art of rebellion
Artists in Turkey are finding different ways to cope in an increasingly authoritarian environment, reports Suna Erdem
Playing with power
James Graham tells Andrew Dickson about his new play tracing Labour’s ups and downs—and his plans for a British version of The West Wing
Schlocky horror show
Stephen King’s films are hugely successful—but he’d rather you stick to the books, says Tim Martin
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Life
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