1843 magazine
Syria
The great pretender: how Ahmed al-Sharaa won Syria
Syria’s new president is a chameleon. Is that enough to rule the Middle East’s most volatile country?
Economics
Tyler Cowen, the man who wants to know everything
He is Silicon Valley’s favourite economist. Does his lust for knowledge have a place in the age of AI?
Ukraine
Is Putin’s brainwashing of Ukrainians into Russians even a crime?
Occupying forces are trying to rob Ukrainians of their language, culture and identity
Photo essay
Ukraine’s arteries: trains are the country’s lifeblood
Railways play a critical role in defending the country and bolstering morale
Israel
Why are so many Israeli Jews spying for Iran?
Unprecedented numbers are risking everything to help their country’s bitterest enemy
Religion
The doomsday cult’s guide to taking over a country
How a fringe South Korean church convinced Fijians to embrace its business empire – and ignore its dark side
Photo essay
Congo’s agony: the fall of Goma
As rebels encroached on the city, anxious residents met to discuss escape plans
National security
How Tulsi Gabbard became a crusader against the Deep State
Her strange journey from a yoga commune to Trump’s intelligence chief
Russia
The warlord, the oligarch and the unravelling of Russia’s Amazon.com
Before the Ukraine war, Wildberries was a giant of e-commerce. Now it’s caught up in a medieval blood feud
Organised crime
Wise guys in wheelchairs: why is the FBI chasing elderly mobsters?
Today’s mafiosi are cash-strapped old men. The American government still throws the book at them
Photo Essay
The burned and the saved: what the LA fires spared
As two fires continue to blaze, some pockets of the city contain both rubble and relics
Money
The wealth whisperers who save super-rich families from themselves
A new caste of consultants is helping to avoid “Succession”-style crises