The East African country needs to take hold of its own future, the celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina tells Clar Ni Chonghaile. And he is deeply ambivalent about the role of the International Criminal Court
06 Jun 13Life on stage
In London, Brian McFarlane reviews three recent stage productions
31 May 13China’s museum-style multiculturalism
“Stability maintenance” is translating into greater surveillance, but the Chinese government’s response to ethnic frictions looks to be unsustainable, writes James Leibold in Beijing
23 May 13Can Malaysia find life after the National Front?
A historic election campaign reopened old questions about what kind of nation Malaysia should be, writes Amrita Malhi in Kuala Lumpur
04 May 13Tales of the unexpected
The world’s largest refugee settlement is now telling its own stories, writes Clar Ni Chonghaile
02 May 13Ken Loach’s dreamland
The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says David Hayes
28 Apr 13The impossible dream
There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes James Leibold in Beijing
22 Apr 13Britain’s military complex
The grim conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dulled the instinct for armed intervention. But it still runs deep in British political culture, writes David Hayes
12 Apr 13Kenya on the cusp
Kenya’s enormous potential seems a step closer to reality after a relatively peaceful election. Now, the Supreme Court faces the delicate task of dealing with Raila Odinga’s challenge to the result, writes Clar Ni Chonghaile in Nairobi
19 Mar 13Four dishes, one soup
There’s austerity in the air as China’s parliament meets, but has anything else changed, asks James Leibold in Beijing
13 Mar 13Britain and Europe: living together, apart
The roots of ambivalence in Britain’s relationship with the European Union go deep, says David Hayes
25 Feb 13Tibetans in the picture, the army on the scene
Antonia Finnane on art and the military in China
06 Dec 12Britain’s economic tunnel
An endless recession has changed politics and livelihoods. But in a many-sided national argument there is no consensus about its lessons, says David Hayes
03 Dec 12Back to work in Myanmar
Thomas Kean gauges local reaction to Barack Obama’s historic visit
21 Nov 12Androgenetic alopecia at the eighteenth party congress
There are plenty of full heads of hair in the new Politburo, but few of them are women’s, reports Antonia Finnane
19 Nov 12Waiting for the great eighteenth
On the eve of China’s eighteenth party congress, life in Beijing is changing in increasingly obvious ways, writes Antonia Finnane
02 Nov 12Finding a way into the European story
The next few years is likely to be bumpy but vitally important for Europe. Can the corps of foreign journalists in Brussels rise to the occasion, asks James Panichi
19 Oct 12A Chinese constitutionalist and the state of the nation
The latest biography of Liang Qichao reveals a man of his times with a new significance for present-day China, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
17 Oct 12Britain’s political misty season
The halfway point of Britain’s five-year parliament finds all of the parties under pressure to adapt to a changing environment, says David Hayes
04 Oct 12“Our society’s ability to present truth to itself is gradually disappearing”
An influential Chinese intellectual is arguing that only a freer and more diverse media can rebuild the credibility of government, reports Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai
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