Notebooks are snapshots from our writers, reflecting on current affairs and underappreciated aspects of culture and history.
The claim that Trump represents a resurgence of the ruthless capitalism of the Gilded Age is propaganda, not history. Trump’s blend of economic nationalism and realpolitik more clo..
A 1945 land swap between Britain and the Soviet Union shows the enduring consequences for local populations and landscapes when leaders redraw the map.
China’s DeepSeek is an island of technological excellence, but the country’s AI innovators can only achieve so much without greater political freedom and institutional flexibility.
Like its Soviet predecessor, Russia’s nuclear energy industry is a tool of state power pursuing military and foreign policy goals with ruthless ambition.
China's AI sector has profound strengths, but it will need to overcome a range of complex challenges if it is to thrive, as the unveiling of the AI model DeepSeek shows.
At a time of mounting geopolitical tensions, Scandinavian leaders have sent the world a powerful message: that it is possible for countries, and their leaders, to have close and tr..
J.M.W Turner lived in an age of extraordinary mechanical advances. He was ever alive to the opportunities new technologies afforded the arts.
Even more than America, Italy has always seen the car as a symbol of freedom and glamour, an assumption that has had perilous consequences.
When the country’s past is examined from a deeper historical perspective, it is unsurprising that Indonesia's leaders have been wary of any kind of global alignment.
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