Section: New Statesman (The United Kingdom)
Best of the NS in 2016: World
Our best pieces from the past year. In this selection, our favourite writing about foreign affairs. Photo: Moises Saman/Magnum The price of a life By Sophie McBain In 2014, Islamic State fighters murdered thousands of Yazidis and kidnapped many others, mostly women and children. Their desperate relatives are now trying to buy them back. How...
Answers: the New Statesman Quiz of the Year, 2016
The answers – no peeking! Here are the answers to the New Statesman Quiz of the Year 2016. Brexit 1 d Marine Le Pen 2 a Lambeth 3 c Mail on Sunday 4 b Prosecco 5 a Jim Royle US politics 6 c Tremendous 7 a John F Kennedy 8 a “A big silverback gorilla” 9 b Deplorables 10 d Virginia UK politics 11 a George Osborne 12 b Ed Balls 13 d Stephen...
How will central Asia cope with the passing of its independence generation?
Instability and uncertainty could draw outside powers into a competitive struggle for influence over the region. It is 25 years since the five Central Asian republics emerged unexpectedly, and somewhat reluctantly, from the wreckage of the Soviet Union to stake their claim as independent countries. Against the expectations of those who predicted...
The Russian ambassador’s killing will only strengthen Turkey-Russia relations
The relationship between the two nations had improved significantly this year, enabling them to work together to secure a ceasefire in Aleppo. Just after Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, addressed a small crowd at a photography exhibition on Monday night in the capital Ankara, a smartly dressed man fired into the air, before...
Was the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey today’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand moment?
Events which at the time seem small and unconnected often combine to lead to major cataclysms. Back in July I wrote a piece entitled “History tells us what may happen next with Brexit and Trump” exploring historical patterns, or at least what we can learn from history. The main crux of the argument is that events that at the time seem...
Was the assassination of the Russian ambassador today’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand moment?
Events which at the time seem small and unconnected often combine to lead to major cataclysms. Back in July I wrote a piece entitled “History tells us what may happen next with Brexit and Trump” exploring historical patterns, or at least what we can learn from history. The main crux of the argument is that events that at the time seem...
Was the assassination of the Russian ambassador 2016’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand moment?
Events which at the time seem small and unconnected often combine to lead to major cataclysms. Back in July I wrote a piece entitled “History tells us what may happen next with Brexit and Trump” exploring historical patterns, or at least what we can learn from history. The main crux of the argument is that events that at the time seem...
Was the assassination of the Russian ambassador 2016’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand moment?
Events which at the time seem small and unconnected often combine to lead to major cataclysms. Back in July I wrote a piece entitled “History tells us what may happen next with Brexit and Trump” exploring historical patterns, or at least what we can learn from history. The main crux of the argument is that events that at the time seem...
Was the Russian Ambassador to Turkey’s assassination today’s Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand moment?
Events that at the time seem small and unconnected often combine to lead to major cataclysms that historians later trace back to these smaller incidents. Back in July I wrote a piece entitled “History tells us what may happen next with Brexit and Trump” exploring historical patterns, or at least what we can learn from history. The...
Why the green movement calls Donald Trump’s new secretary of state “Lord Voldemort”
Environmentalists call Rex Tillerson “Lord Voldemort”. Is Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state really as bad as Harry Potter’s nemesis? Donald Trump has confirmed Rex Tillerson, the chief executive of energy company ExxonMobil, as his official pick for secretary of state. As chairman and CEO of the world’s...
