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America’s undoing
Triumphant at the end of the Cold War, the United States pledged to lead humanity in a new world order. Two conflicts—in Gaza and in Ukraine—have exposed that it has never been weaker
Samuel Moyn
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World
The World’s Top Thinkers 2024: ideas for a world on the brink
Prospect Team
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There’s too much television
Imogen West-Knights
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13 years of failure
Sam Freedman
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Politics
Carol Vorderman’s diary: I’m counting down to Tory wipeout
Carol Vorderman
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Is Kemi Badenoch a new kind of Tory?
Kemi Badenoch could be the next leader of the opposition. It’s a notoriously difficult job—and hers is a notoriously mutinous party. But she might just have the qualities to succeed
Matthew d’Ancona
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Politics
13 years of failure
Sam Freedman
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Why the Rwanda policy was always likely to fail
David Allen Green
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Economics
Ending stagnation: Is Labour up to the task?
Tom Clark
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The collapse of US hegemony, who will run Gaza when the guns fall silent, and the fight against fake drugs. Plus, Eliot Higgins profiled, our annual list of the world’s top thinkers and a brief encounter with Miriam Margolyes

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America’s undoing

Triumphant at the end of the Cold War, the United States pledged to lead humanity in a new world order. Two conflicts—in Gaza and in Ukraine—have exposed that it has never been weaker

Samuel Moyn
All that remains
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The World’s Top Thinkers 2024: ideas for a world on the brink
Prospect Team
Is Kemi Badenoch a new kind of Tory?
Matthew d’Ancona
Under the spell of the franchise
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Miriam Margolyes: ‘I call myself the poor man’s Joanna Lumley’
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Clerical life: Giving a same-sex blessing was the ultimate joy
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