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Politics and government

Bombast Bursting in Air

The story, so far, of the 2016 election

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Captive Markets

Why we won’t get prison reform

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Irish Goodbye

From the 5,782 statutes passed in Ireland between 1385 and 1821 that were revoked in July under the country’s Statute Law Revision Act 2015.

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The Nixon of the North

How Stephen Harper ruined Canada

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A Polite Coup

Thailand's king is in declining health; Ian Buruma examines why the country so often finds itself under military rule

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Modest Proposals

From a list of rules the Islamic State has imposed within territories it has claimed since 2013. Translated from the Arabic by Asma Ghribi.

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Gangs of Karachi

Meet the mobsters who run the show in one of the world’s deadliest cities

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The Trouble with Israel

Netanyahu takes the country to the brink

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House of Fire

Can India’s Parsis survive their own success?

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