From the April 2022 Issue My Grievance is Bigger Than Yours The Age of the Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World By Gideon Rachman LR
From the October 2021 Issue Fear & Loathing in the Himalayas Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict By Sumantra Bose
From the September 2017 Issue Losing Battle Unwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan 2001–2014 By Theo Farrell LR
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