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Glass empire: An aerial view of the plush Dubai Marina, a symbol of the UAE’s inordinate wealth and global ambition. Photo: Audrius Venclova/Alamy

The quiet empire

Through ports, militias and business deals, the United Arab Emirates has built an architecture of control stretching across the Red Sea, writes Eiad Husham.

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US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S Churchill, left, patrols with the Guyana Defence Force patrol vessel GDFS Shahous, right, during operations in the Caribbean Sea on 22 November 2025. Photo: MC2 Rylin Paul/US Navy Photo/Alamy Live News

The return of petro-imperialism

While Caribbean governments have been quiet about US intervention in Venezuela, and the build-up of military activity in the region, activists have been taking a stand, writes Colin Bogle.

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Bali, a Bhil farmer inside her home in Madhya Pradesh in December 2024. Photo: Fabio Lovati

A claim for the future

Would a separate state improve the lives of Indigenous communities in India? Fabio Lovati reports on the movement that thinks it would.

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President Donald Trump at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on 3 January 2026, following US military actions in Venezuela and the kidnap of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Photo: Molly Riley/American Photo Archive

Another failure of the ‘war on drugs’

Kojo Koram places the abduction of Venezuela’s leader within the long history of US drug policy being used against Latin American governments that resist its geopolitical or economic interests.

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 Illustration:  Boris Séméniako/Ikon Images

Approaching infinity

Is the artistic process in danger? Novelist Rémy Ngamije considers the role of human creativity in a world embracing generative AI.

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A military drone strike, 26 September 2024. Photo: Mairusz Burcz/Alamy

The kill chain

AI is making warfare even more deadly. Decca Muldowney speaks to Chris Cole of Drone Wars about the risks of weapons that make their own decisions.

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 Illustration: Hanna Barakat & Cambridge Diversity Fund/betterimagesofai.org/creativecommons-by-4.0

The janitors of the internet

Adio-Adet Dinika explores the hidden stories of the workers who prop up artificial ‘intelligence’, and their efforts at organized resistance.

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Smoke stacks dot the Pennsylvania landscape. The AI boom is increasing reliance on fossil fuels. Photo: Livia Garofalo

‘Pennsylvania is perfect’

Tech companies are building enormous data centres and reconfiguring energy infrastructure across the US, all to power the burgeoning AI industry. On a road trip, Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofalo trace the impacts of – and resistance to – this development push.

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 Illustration: Clarote & Al4Media/betterimagesofai.org/creativecommons-by-4.0

The myth of inevitability

Is AI really an unstoppable force? Paula Lacey unpicks the complex web of companies, investments, and ideologies behind the ‘bubble’.

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Artificial intelligence - The Facts

Artificial intelligence - The Facts

The bubble; Thirst for data; Ghost workers in the machine.

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A plane surveys a distorted landscape. Photo: Lone Thomasky & Bits&Baume/betterimagesofai.org/creativecommons-by-4.0

AI and its discontents

Imagery generated by artificial intelligence has become the beloved aesthetic of today’s dictators, argues Decca Muldowney. A robust media is needed to combat misinformation and its miseries.

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Books Essay: Together forever

Books Essay: Together forever

Keir Starmer and a key adviser smash the British left in a tale of sordid deceit. But does it give them too much credit? By Dexter Govan.

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Mixed Media: Music

Mixed Media: Music

The Kasambwe Brothers; Manizeh.

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Mixed Media: Film

Mixed Media: Film

No Other Choice; My Father’s Shadow.

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The quiet empire

Through ports, militias and business deals, the United Arab Emirates has built an architecture of control stretching across the Red Sea, writes Eiad Husham.

Eiad Husham March, 2026 560 Buy
The return of petro-imperialism

While Caribbean governments have been quiet about US intervention in Venezuela, and the build-up of military activity in the region, activists have been taking a stand, writes Colin Bogle.

Colin Bogle March, 2026 560 Buy
A claim for the future

Would a separate state improve the lives of Indigenous communities in India? Fabio Lovati reports on the movement that thinks it would.

Fabio Lovati March, 2026 560 Buy
Another failure of the ‘war on drugs’

Kojo Koram places the abduction of Venezuela’s leader within the long history of US drug policy being used against Latin American governments that resist its geopolitical or economic interests.

Kojo Koram March, 2026 560 Buy
Approaching infinity

Is the artistic process in danger? Novelist Rémy Ngamije considers the role of human creativity in a world embracing generative AI.

Rémy Ngamije March, 2026 560 Buy
The kill chain

AI is making warfare even more deadly. Decca Muldowney speaks to Chris Cole of Drone Wars about the risks of weapons that make their own decisions.

Decca Muldowney March, 2026 560 Buy
The janitors of the internet

Adio-Adet Dinika explores the hidden stories of the workers who prop up artificial ‘intelligence’, and their efforts at organized resistance.

Adio-Adet Dinika March, 2026 560 Buy
‘Pennsylvania is perfect’

Tech companies are building enormous data centres and reconfiguring energy infrastructure across the US, all to power the burgeoning AI industry. On a road trip, Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofalo trace the impacts of – and resistance to – this development push.

Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofalo March, 2026 560 Buy
The myth of inevitability

Is AI really an unstoppable force? Paula Lacey unpicks the complex web of companies, investments, and ideologies behind the ‘bubble’.

Paula Lacey March, 2026 560 Buy
Artificial intelligence - The Facts

The bubble; Thirst for data; Ghost workers in the machine.

March, 2026 560 Buy
AI and its discontents

Imagery generated by artificial intelligence has become the beloved aesthetic of today’s dictators, argues Decca Muldowney. A robust media is needed to combat misinformation and its miseries.

Decca Muldowney March, 2026 560 Buy
Spotlight: Mercedes Azpilicueta

Words by Conrad Landin.

Conrad Landin January, 2026 559 Buy
Books Essay: Together forever

Keir Starmer and a key adviser smash the British left in a tale of sordid deceit. But does it give them too much credit? By Dexter Govan.

Dexter Govan January, 2026 559 Buy
Mixed Media: Music

The Kasambwe Brothers; Manizeh.

Conrad Landin January, 2026 559 Buy
Mixed Media: Film

No Other Choice; My Father’s Shadow.

Malcolm Lewis January, 2026 559 Buy