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China’s broken promises on ...

06.27.2022

It is twenty-five years since the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule in 1997, when Beijing promised that Hong Kongers’ freedoms would be protected for 50 years. Katie Stallard speaks to Lord Patten, the last British governor ...

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06.27.2022 China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten It is twenty-five years since the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule in 1997, when Beijing promised that Hong Kongers’ freedoms would be protected for 50 years. Katie Stallard speaks to Lord Patten, the last British governor ...
06.24.2022 BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome In 1972 the Club of Rome published the Limits to Growth report: a pioneering document on the extent to which the Earth's natural resources can support rates of industrialisation and population growth. Now, 50 years on, we consider the impact ...
06.23.2022 Why is Europe facing a summer of discontent? Strikes across Europe have thrown the continent into chaos just as summer travel takes off. Emily Tamkin, Alona Ferber and Alix Kroeger discuss what is driving workers across the public sector to take to the picket line, and they speculate ...
06.21.2022 Is Emmanuel Macron to blame for the rise of the far right? \| France Elects In the final episode of this series of France Elects Ido Vock, Europe correspondent, is joined by the New Statesman’s writer-at-large Jeremy Cliffe to digest France’s legislative election, at which Emmanuel Macron’s party failed to win a majority and Marine ...
06.20.2022 How Nato can protect Ukraine, with Anders Fogh Rasmussen With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heading towards its fifth month, Europe correspondent Ido Vock speaks to the former Nato general secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen. They discuss what else can be done to support Ukraine, what form security guarantees for a ...
06.16.2022 Was Angela Merkel too easy on Russia? On 7 June, the former German chancellor Angela Merkel appeared at a speaking event at a Berlin theatre, to discuss how she has spent the past six months since leaving office and reflect on present politics. Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin ...
06.14.2022 Will Emmanuel Macron lose his parliamentary majority? \| France Elects In the first of a two-part special of France Elects, as the united left comes ahead of Emmanuel Macron’s party in the first round of the French legislative elections, we look at what this might mean for the French president ...
06.13.2022 What the West must do to stop Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, with Bruno Maçães Fresh from his reporting trip to Kharkiv in Ukraine, Bruno Maçães talks to Katie Stallard about the mood in Ukraine. They discuss how Kharkiv is at the heart of a new national movement, why Ukraine needs long-range artillery capabilities and ...
06.09.2022 Could Mélenchon be France’s next prime minister? After narrowly missing out on making the second round of the presidential election, the leader of the left in France, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is battling Emmanuel Macron’s renamed Renaissance party to win this weekend’s legislative elections. Could he give the president ...
06.06.2022 What happened in Ireland’s mother and baby institutions? With Deirdre Finnerty Bessborough House, a grand mansion on the outskirts of the city of Cork, was one of Ireland’s largest mother and baby institutions, open from 1922 to 1998. Thousands of women and girls confined there had their babies taken from them ...
06.02.2022 Is Hungary undermining the West’s resolve on Ukraine? As the EU claims victory with a partial oil embargo on Russia, Ido Vock, Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard discuss whether Hungary’s right-wing populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is weakening the West's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They ...
05.30.2022 Can nuclear power ever be considered safe? With Serhii Plokhy When the site of the Chernobyl disaster was occupied by Russian troops during their invasion of Ukraine, fears of further contamination put the safety of nuclear power in the spotlight once again. In his latest book, Atoms and Ashes: From ...
05.26.2022 Australia’s climate change election, Covid in North Korea, and will the US ever act on gun control? Australia has a new prime minister, but how much of an impact did climate change have on the defeat of Scott Morrison? Environment and sustainability editor Philippa Nuttall joins Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard to discuss Labor’s election win. Plus, ...
05.23.2022 The risks facing Ukrainian refugees – with Suzanne Hoff As millions of Ukrainians flee from the Russian invasion of their country, could those seeking refuge be vulnerable to exploitation? Alix Kroeger speaks to Suzanne Hoff, international coordinator at La Strada International, a European NGO that campaigns against human trafficking, ...
05.19.2022 Buffalo shooting and the dangers of "great replacement theory" The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday (14 May) by a white nationalist appears to have shown the real consequences of the racist “great replacement theory”. Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC, Megan Gibson in London and Ido Vock ...
05.16.2022 How China targets Uyghurs around the world Thus far, international concern for the Chinese Uyghur ethnic minority has been focused on their persecution within China itself. But the reach of the Chinese government's campaign against them extends to countries around the world. Katie Stallard is joined by ...
05.12.2022 What will the return of the Marcos dynasty mean for the Philippines? Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, son of the Philippines’ former dictator, who was ousted in 1986, won a decisive victory in the presidential election on Monday 9 May, according to unofficial results. Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard in Washington DC discuss ...
05.09.2022 Where will South Korea’s new president lead the country? South Korea’s new president Yoon Suk-yeol takes office on Tuesday 10th May. Emily Tamkin speaks to Ramon Pacheco Pardo, a professor at Kings College London and author of Shrimp to Wale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop, about ...
05.05.2022 Why the US Supreme Court is going backwards on abortion rights A leaked draft decision suggests the US Supreme Court is about to repeal Roe vs Wade, threatening abortion rights across the United States. Emily Tamkin is joined by Katie Stallard and Rachel Cunliffe to discuss what this ruling could mean, ...
05.02.2022 How autocrats manipulate history, with Katie Stallard As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, the way the Russian regime is attempting to retell its own history is crucial to Vladimir Putin’s hold on power at home. Katie Stallard talks to Emily Tamkin about how authoritarian regimes manipulate history, ...
04.28.2022 Victory for Emmanuel Macron and Twitter for Elon Musk Emmanuel Macron has defeated Marine Le Pen to be re-elected as president of France. Emily Tamkin in Washington DC, Ido Vock in Paris and the New Statesman’s associate business editor Emma Haslett in London discuss the response in Europe, Macron’s ...
04.26.2022 Is populism beatable? With Yascha Mounk With populist movements gaining ground in Europe, the New Statesman's international managing editor Alix Kroeger speaks to the journalist and political scientist Yascha Mounk. They discuss how populists play on divisions in society, why some of the ways in which ...
04.25.2022 Emmanuel Macron defeats Marine Le Pen \| France Elects The results of France’s presidential election are in: Emmanuel Macron has won a second term as the French president with a comfortable majority. However, this victory is tempered by the fact that the far right, led by Marine Le Pen, ...
04.21.2022 How to counter the rise of the far right in Europe, with the FES \| France Elects In a special episode of France Elects supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), we discuss its latest report on the far right, "Understanding Right-Wing Populism and What to do About It". As Marine Le Pen faces Emmanuel Macron in the second ...
04.20.2022 Will China change its Covid course? As discontent rises in Shanghai during another Covid lockdown, Katie Stallard, the New Statesman's senior editor, China and global affairs, and Emily Tamkin, senior editor, US, discuss how China has ended up in this situation and why it could struggle ...
04.19.2022 Can Emmanuel Macron win back left-wing voters? \| France Elects Under a week before Emmanuel Macron faces Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French presidential elections, we have a special episode looking at the latest polling and what the candidates will be trying to achieve in the ...
04.18.2022 Russian soldiers asked my parents, “Why are you leaving Ukraine?” – Olia Hercules Alix Kroeger speaks to Olia Hercules, a London-based Ukrainian chef and food writer who has become an unexpected activist following the Russian invasion of her home country. They discuss her parents’ recent escape, her reunion with them, her journey from ...
04.16.2022 BONUS: Travelling through Macron’s France, from the Channel to the Mediterranean On the eve of the 2022 French presidential election, the New Statesman’s writer-at-large Jeremy Cliffe caught a train from Courseulles-sur-Mer on the north coast of France to Marseille on the Mediterranean. Stopping in Caen, Paris and Vierzon along the way, ...
04.14.2022 What happens if Finland and Sweden join Nato? Finland and Sweden are poised to make a historic decision as the countries consider joining Nato. Polls have shown a surge in support for the move following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC and Megan Gibson in ...
04.12.2022 What’s going on inside the Kremlin, with Andrei Soldatov As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters a new phase, the New Statesman’s Europe correspondent Ido Vock speaks to the Russian investigative journalist and security services analyst Andrei Soldatov. They discuss how Russia got its pre-war planning so wrong, how the ...
04.11.2022 Macron and Le Pen qualify for the second round of the French presidential election \| France Elects In a special episode of France Elects, Ido Vock looks at the results of the first round of the French presidential election with New Statesman executive editor Megan Gibson. They examine how Macron beat his 2017 performance, and why he ...
04.07.2022 Could Vladimir Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine? Harrowing images and reports from Bucha – a town where hundreds of Ukrainian civilians appear to have been massacred – have shocked the world. US president Joe Biden has joined calls for Putin to face trial for war crimes. Emily ...
04.06.2022 Could Marine Le Pen really win the French presidency? \| France Elects Just days before the first round of the French presidential election, polls are showing that the far-right leader Marine Le Pen is within just a few points of overturning Emmanuel Macron's lead. What is behind her surge in support? Could ...
04.04.2022 Why North Korea is testing weapons right now, with Jean Lee In what could be a big year for weapons testing in North Korea, Katie Stallard speaks to Jean Lee, senior fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC and the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press. They discuss ...
03.30.2022 Europe’s new Iron Curtain Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises the question: could Vladimir Putin attack Nato’s eastern flank? The alliance is greatly increasing its defences all along this “New Iron Curtain”. The New Statesman’s writer-at-large Jeremy Cliffe has been reporting from Estonia, where the ...
03.28.2022 Where does China stand on Russia’s war in Ukraine? With Bonny Lin China has been walking a diplomatic tightrope in its response to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, caught between close ties with Russia and concerns about further straining relations with the West. Katie Stallard is joined by Bonny Lin, the director ...
03.24.2022 Reporting Russia’s war in Ukraine The intensive media coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine has rallied global public opinion behind Ukraine, while also resulting in accusations of Western bias. In London, the New Statesman’s editor-in-chief, Jason Cowley, joins Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard in Washington, ...
03.23.2022 How Ukraine has strengthened Emmanuel Macron \| France Elects As Russia continues its attack in Ukraine, the French election has featured little in news coverage and the public consciousness. Will this help Emmanuel Macron's hopes of winning re-election? In this episode of France Elects, Ido Vock gets the latest ...
03.21.2022 Andrey Kurkov: "This war will last as long as Putin is alive" Andrey Kurkov, author of Death and the Penguin, speaks to Megan Gibson about life in Ukraine right now. They discuss the role of artists during war, how this conflict will change Ukrainians’ view of Russia for good, and what it ...
03.18.2022 Is Russia setting the agenda on Ukraine? With former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves Russia’s war in Ukraine has challenged preconceptions in western Europe – and confirmed the views of many in Russia’s more immediate neighbourhood, including the Baltic states. We discuss why this was the case – and whether western Europe is still ...
03.16.2022 Zelensky’s effective campaign for Western support As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth week, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the US Congress, calling on the West to “do more” to help Ukraine. The New Statesman’s senior editor of politics, Harry Lambert, joins Megan Gibson ...
03.14.2022 How Orbán is responding to Putin’s war, with Péter Krekó As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, we discuss how Viktor Orban’s more pro-Russian government in Hungary has managed to distance itself from Vladimir Putin ahead of a general election in April. Emily Tamkin talks with Hungarian political scientist Péter ...
03.11.2022 Why Putin's war in Ukraine is a war on the free world, with Estonia's President Alar Karis As the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine continues, the Baltic states continue to call for sustained pressure on Vladimir Putin. Megan Gibson speaks to the Estonian president Alar Karis about his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky days before the war, the importance ...
03.09.2022 How to end the world’s dependence on Russian oil and gas This week, US president Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil and gas imports in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The European Union opted to phase out gas imports only. Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Ido Vock ...
03.08.2022 How is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine impacting the French presidential campaign? \| France Elects Welcome to France Elects, an in-depth look at the 2022 French election. As Russia’s siege on Ukraine continues, the New Statesman’s Europe correspondent, Ido Vock, examines how the crisis is dominating the presidential campaign, and may benefit President Emmanuel Macron ...
03.07.2022 Why Russia gambled on Ukraine, with Bruno Maçães As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, the former Portuguese Europe minister and New Statesman contributing writer Bruno Maçães speaks to Ido Vock, Europe Correspondent, about how we got here and what could happen next. They discuss ...
03.05.2022 Russia’s war on Ukraine – Can more be done to help? Russian attacks on a number of Ukrainian cities continued on Saturday, as President Zelensky pleaded for Nato to introduce a No Fly Zone. Emily Tamkin in Washington DC is joined by Writer-at-large Jeremy Cliffe in Marseille and Managing Editor, International, ...
03.02.2022 Russia’s war, Ukraine’s fight The UN reports that 136 civilian deaths have been recorded since Russia invaded Ukraine seven days ago, although the real number is likely to be "far higher". Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and its second largest city, Kharkiv, are braced for further ...
03.01.2022 Standing up for the world’s refugees from Afghanistan to Ukraine, with Rory Stewart As another refugee crisis unfolds in Europe, the former UK international development minister Rory Stewart speaks to the New Statesman’s US senior editor, Emily Tamkin, about his call for a new global coalition on asylum seekers. They discuss what can ...
02.28.2022 Is the war with Ukraine the beginning of the end for Putinism? With Mark Galeotti As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth day, the New Statesman’s Executive Editor, Foreign, Megan Gibson, interviews the Russian security expert, Mark Galeotti. Galeotti is an honorary professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College ...

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