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The leaks won't stop the Afghan war

26th July 2010  —  Issue

The disclosure of 90,000 classified documents from Wikileaks is intriguing. Just don't mistake it for an opportunity to pronounce Afghanistan a failure

The battle for Le Monde

26th July 2010  —  Issue 173

The battle for ownership of France's state-subsidised paper of record has dealt a blow to Sarkozy. Could this be a turning point for French politics?

A critical diaspora is good for Israel

29th July 2010  —  Issue 173  Free entry

More and more British Jews are questioning Israel's policies. David Cameron should capitalise on this

How to get married
Huge spending on the big day has filled the void left by tradition. But if meaningful alternatives are to be found, the state must play its part

A pound for a pound Could financial incentives that encourage fat people to lose weight solve the obesity crisis?

Doing the sums on AV Electoral reform won’t just change the way we choose MPs, but the way we do politics, says Peter Kellner

Crime without violence


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

Violence was part of everyday life for cartoon character Andy Capp. Now society has changed, and with it the nature of crime—so why not the ways that we deal with it?

How to save capitalism


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

The global crisis is about to usher in a new era in which the state intervenes more in finance and macro-economics, but less in the new “commanding heights” of education, health and pensions

The good oligarch


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

He made his fortune in Russia and then returned to live in his home village. He is rarely seen but his generosity is boundless. Who is the secret Georgian billionaire?

The Prospect interview: Tony Judt


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

Exclusive to Prospect online, the full transcript of Peter Jukes's interview with historian and author Tony Judt

Why we need the Daily Mirror


16th July 2010  —  Issue 172

The original paper of the left-wing working class has its back to the wall. We shouldn't let it go without a fight

Why France is banning the veil


14th July 2010  —  Issue 172

Sarkozy's legislation is only the latest move in a centuries-old grapple between the French state and organised religion

Big stick for US banks


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

America once led the world in breaking up big businesses. Will it do it again with the banks?

GM food for thought


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

A new EU ruling limits the ambitions of companies that try to control biotechnology

Local power


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

The coalition is right to let councils sell green electricity —but they’ll need some help

Image of the month


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

A tiny, supersonic water jet

The month ahead


21st July 2010  —  Issue

Pub fights, neuroscience, and summer kids' camps

Black men CAN swim


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

Advances in genetics are finally allowing us to get to the bottom of long-held racial myths

Tony Judt: a man of his word


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

Peter Jukes discusses history, life and justice with Tony Judt—who, even before his motor neurone disease replaced writing with speaking, was a master of morally charged rhetoric

Widescreen: slow cinema


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

A slow film can be just as gripping as a big-budget, crash-bang blockbuster—as long as you are prepared to meet it halfway

FiveBooks: John Lanchester


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

What to read to understand high finance

Save as Many as you Ruin


21st June 2010  —  Issue 172

Letters


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

In Prospect


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

More state, less state

In fact


21st July 2010  —  Issue 173

Stephen Collins' cartoon: rogue academics