Two memoirs, from Basra and Ukraine, chronicle the lives of ordinary men pulled into war
Nuclear choices
In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima
In a word: Drone
The latest from Michael Rosen’s column on language and its uses
‘Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare’
Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare – and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Kashmir’s ghost villages
The borderlands between India and Pakistan were a tourist paradise – but then the Pahalgam terror attack shattered the peace
Book review: Speculative Whiteness
Unpicking the relationship between science fiction and the alt-right
Green power to the people
Across Britain, local residents are taking the lead on generating their own clean energy
Book review: The Challenges of Democracy and the Rule of Law
In his new book, Jonathan Sumption explores the different components – legal, institutional and cultural – that allow democracy to flourish
Bangladesh on the brink
Bangladesh’s student revolution unleashed chaos and sectarian violence. Can the coming elections renew its democracy?
The volunteer atheist army standing up to Trump
As white Christian nationalists seek to reshape the United States, we hear from the frontlines of the resistance