A forgotten CIA programme that changed minds
The CIA Book Club. By Charlie English. William Collins; 384 pages; £25. To be published in America by Random House in July; $...
An insider’s guide to economic warfare
Chokepoints. By Edward Fishman. Portfolio; 560 pages; $40. Elliott & Thompson; £25 In the opening episode of “Jack Ryan”,...
Australia’s election could come down to independent MPs
AUSTRALIA’S CAMPAIGN season is officially open, following weeks of speculation. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has set...
Does it pay for bosses to embrace nationalism?
Canadian nationalism is very unlikely to get out of hand. But when even the politest people on Earth are wrapping themselves ...
Ending Central Asia’s endless squabbles over eccentric borders
Drums were banged and trumpets blasted when emotional residents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan crossed the border between the t...
Germany’s Mütterrente is a poor way to pay parents
GERMANY’S constitutional debt brake has led to chronic underinvestment, so Friedrich Merz’s move to exempt both a €500bn ($53...
Hungry for more “Hunger Games”? There is plenty in store
Sunrise on the Reaping. By Suzanne Collins. Scholastic; 400 pages; $27.99 and £19.99 There is, one character says, “no way to...
Is there anything left to learn about The Beatles?
John & Paul. By Ian Leslie. Celadon Books; 448 pages; $32. Faber & Faber; £25 In 1967 Bryan Magee, a British philosop...
Is it ever right to pay disabled workers pennies per hour?
IN A SMALL building on Hi Hope Lane, Jeffrey Pennington sits at a desk packing ten-piece sets of zip ties. A diagram on a pie...
George Foreman’s career was about resurrection
Heavyweight champion of the world. George Foreman spoke the phrase so often in his life that it became a happy growl. He spok...