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COMMENTARY MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2026

September 2026 – Commentary Magazine

COMMENTARY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How We Won The War On Terror’ – 25 Years after 9/11

How We Won the War on Terror

by Tod Lindberg

On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush gave a major speech to Congress and the country in which he outlined the coming U.S. response to al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attack. He said, “Our war on terror begins with al-Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.” Thus began what would soon be known as the “Global War on Terror,” or GWOT, in its unlovely acronym

Toxic Smaxxulinity

by Christine Rosen

It’s a confusing time to be a man. For decades, the cultural left has insisted that “toxic masculinity” is roaming the land, threatening women’s safety and rights. 

The Saudi Choice That Will Reshape the Middle East

by Jonathan Schanzer

Two possible paths, one pro-American, one not. Where will the Kingdom go?

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 15, 2026 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘INSIDE AFGHANISTAN’ – A report on five years of Taliban rule.

The Taliban are vile. Democracies must still engage with them

Five years after America’s exit, the Afghan regime is not going anywhere

America really might restore democracy to Venezuela

Thank Marco Rubio, but beware the caprice of his boss

A bill to punish Putin gives too much power to Donald Trump

Walloping the global trading system is no way to help Ukraine

China has wrested control of oil markets from OPEC

When market power comes from buying power, oil importers can do better

In praise of designer-ish babies

Couples should be allowed to select embryos on the basis of both disease resistance and IQ

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – AUGUST 14, 2026

Cover Story - New Statesman

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘A Very British Scandal’ – What the Jason Arday affair reveals about the UK.

The fall of Jason Arday

What does the response to his public disgrace tell us about Britain? By Pratinav Anil

A dream of Cambridge

The university’s place in the public imagination is as illusory as Jason Arday’s academic credentials By David Runciman

The world is more dangerous than I can ever remember

We are running out of time By Jeremy Bowen

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 8, 2026 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Lessons from Chinese AI’

Why AI is a risk to Communist China

It is not as well placed to take advantage of the technology as many people think

How AI is breaking the British state

Equipped with models and agents, citizens could bring government to a halt

Gulf states should make a deal with Iran on Hormuz

How to make Iranian blackmail less painful

Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom

To see why, look to the bond markets

Republicans and Democrats uniting against animal testing are wrong

Experimenting on animals remains essential for human well-being

How to end Sudan’s brutal, forgotten conflict

There is a sliver of a chance of a ceasefire. It must be grabbed

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – AUGUST 7, 2026

Europe's shame

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘Europe’s Shame’ – Attacked from all sides, the continent has turned against itself.

The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe’s hollow centre

How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself. By Bruno Maçães

Abandon all hope ye who examine government spending

Watch the full horror of our finances unroll before you By Will Dunn

Welcome to the pyrocene

This summer has proved that some people would rather watch things burn than inconvenience capitalism By Richard Seymour

The prophet of the new right

In the life and work of Correlli Barnett, we can find all the most dangerous currents of contemporary conservatism. By John Merrick

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 1, 2026 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The global currency beef’ – Lessons from 40 years of the Big Mac Index

What the Big Mac index reveals about a global currency beef

It highlights economic problems—and helps explain how to solve them

It is past time to upgrade to post-quantum encryption

When the quantum breakthrough comes, data being harvested today will be exposed

China is testing America’s defence lines in Asia

The allies must work to strengthen themselves, but also to strengthen America’s commitment

Europe’s fires are just the start

They are not a new normal. But worse can nonetheless be expected

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 31, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The New Terror’ – How the nuclear shadow returned….

The new nuclear terror

Our Cold War nightmares have returned as a global arms race By Katie Stallard

The responsibility of scientists

We created the nuclear monster. We must warn against it now By Carlo Rovelli

Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump

Maga officials view the “special relationship” as insulting By Freddie Hayward

Inside the Green Party’s defence divide

The left-wing faction behind Zack Polanski has called on the party to oppose increases to defence spending By Megan Kenyon

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 25, 2026 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Should You Be Afraid Of Elon Musk?’…

Should you be afraid of Elon Musk?

Artificial intelligence is charging ahead. Not even its creators know how to keep up

Lebanon has a chance to break free of Hizbullah

With better government, it could become a business hub once again

Prediction markets need better rules

Their capricious settlement mechanisms are putting off serious investors

Britain’s troublingly nostalgic new prime minister

In an era of change, Andy Burnham promises to rewind the clock

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 24, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Take Over’ – Inside Andy Burnham’s first days in No. 10….

The take over

In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently By Ailbhe Rea

No laughing matter

Jim Davidson and Nigel Farage represent an England that will not go quietly By Nicholas Harris

Gabriel Zucman: “There is an extreme wealth curse”

The French economist on the lies the rich tell us about wealth tax By Will Dunn

NATIONAL REVIEW MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2026 PREVIEW

NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘Running the Border’ – Our obsolete asylum laws…

America’s Asylum System Is Broken

How to make our humanitarian immigration policies serve national interests. Dan McLaughlin

Something Is Going to Happen

The gathering geopolitical crisis. Daniel Foster

Reading Is Not Dead

The future of literacy, literature, and liberal democracy. Dominic Green