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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – DEC. 5, 2025

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THE NEW STATESMAN (June 18, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Books of the Year’…

The book is dead? Long live the book!

We announce the New Statesman’s fiction and non-fiction books of the year By Tanjil Rashid

What we read when politics has no narrative

There is still much to discover from the great show of life

In the autumn of Salman Rushdie

The author’s late style in The Eleventh Hour, his new collection of fiction, reveals a venerable writer displaced by timeBy Tanjil Rashid

Donald Trump is making peace in Ukraine harder

America’s chaotic negotiations risk prolonging the chaos not ending it By Lawrence Freedman

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JUNE 20, 2025

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THE NEW STATESMAN (June 18, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Warlord’ – Feared, Loathed, Haunted…Unstoppable.

Living by the sword

The history that shapes Benjamin Netanyahu. By Joshua Leifer

Inside the mind of Benjamin Netanyahu

As the Israeli prime minister’s bodyguard, I saw him transform into the gangster he is today. By Ami Dror

The cosplay dictator

Trump has learned dangerous lessons from other strongmen. By Katie Stallard

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The New Statesman Magazine — February 2025

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THE NEW STATESMAN (February 5, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The New Gods of AI’ – China, the US and the battle to control the future…

Donald Trump is planning ethnic cleansing in Gaza

This imperialistic “Riviera” project could have been dreamt up by the Israeli far right.By Rajan Menon

The Do No Harm dilemma

What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them? By Hannah Barnes

Class war: the battle over private schools

Labour must recover its radical tradition and close Britain’s education privilege gap.By David Kynaston and Francis Green

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The New Statesman – January 17, 2025 Preview

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE (January 16, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Disruptors’ – Elon Musk, Donald Trump and the hostile takeover of America…

Elon Musk’s hostile takeover

Inside the mind of the billionaire at the heart of American power. By Quinn Slobodian

The question of childlessness

With the fertility rate falling across the West, there is much more affecting parents’ decisions than the economy. By Madeleine Davies

Letter from Los Angeles: My city is burning

The fires ripping through LA show that, here, beauty and danger are two sides of a coin. By Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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The New Statesman Magazine – Jan 11, 2025

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THE NEW STATESMAN (Janaury 9, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Great Power Gap’ – Why the decline of China, Russia and the U.S. will unleash a new age of anarchy…

The edge of anarchy

Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis. By Robert D Kaplan

The year ahead: Russia is on course to win the war in Ukraine

How did we get here? By Wolfgang Münchau

The year ahead: Will the Musk-Trump bromance endure?

Now the common enemy, the Democratic Party, has been vanquished, their interests may diverge.By Katie Stallard

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Cover: The New Statesman Magazine – April 21, 2024

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The New Statesman – April 21, 2024:

Israel and Iran’s deadly game

Israel and Iran’s deadly game

They bet that direct attacks would not lead to a disastrous escalation. The Middle East is now on the…By Jeremy Bowen

Why Iran’s attack on Israel failed

Why Iran’s attack on Israel failed

The drone and missile strike conveyed as much weakness as it did strength.By Lawrence Freedman

The Cass review into children’s gender care should shame us all

The Cass review into children’s gender care should shame us all

Why was the prescription of puberty blockers to distressed children allowed to continue for so long?By Hannah Barnes

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Cover: The New Statesman Magazine – March 17, 2023

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The New Statesman – March 17, 2023:

After Iraq: the great unravelling

After Iraq: the great unravelling

The breakdown of the West’s rules-based order began with the invasion of 2003.By Peter Ricketts

The road to war in Iraq

The road to war in Iraq

Could a resolute cabinet and a more sceptical press have stopped Tony Blair?

The long shadow of the Iraq War

The long shadow of the Iraq War

How do you mourn soldiers killed in an “unjust” war? For years the town of Wootton Bassett showed us…By Jason Cowley