August 22nd 2026

e-ISSN : 0013-0613

Contents:

1. Could AIs become conscious?
2. Israel is flirting with the next intifada
3. Britain would be bonkers to ditch Palantir
4. Jason Arday was treated as a symbol, not a man
5. Fewer contrails would be good for the climate
6. Japan’s Gen X workers are struggling
7. The promise and the pitfalls of China’s new Arctic shipping route
8. Why the world’s richest country can’t defend vital infrastructure
9. The big democracy where lawmakers are mightier than the executive
10. Violent Israeli settlers want to provoke a Palestinian uprising
11. How the anti-AfD firewall broke German politics
12. Why everybody hates Palantir
13. What happens when interceptor missiles run out