Mehdi Hasan: the limits of intervention | Robert Skidelsky: the dangers of Ricardian-Osbornism | John Gray on resource wars

Weekly Online Newsletter 24 March 2011 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   Editor's Choice IN THIS WEEK'S NEW STATESMAN: the drowned world In this week's New Statesman, we look at the costs and risks of intervention in Libya. In our cover story, Mehdi Hasan asks if there is a contradiction in ordering air strikes on Libya while ignoring conflicts elsewhere, Olivier Roy says that Nicolas Sarkozy's bellicosity masks his lack of substance, Jonathan Derbyshire profiles Samantha Power, Barack Obama's "Valkyrie", and Jason Cowley looks at how J S Mill's writing's can illuminate foreign policy. Also this week, Robert Skidelsky looks at how the idea of two dead economists, David Ricardo and J M Keynes, are shaping the cuts debate, Gavin Kelly asks how the coming tussle over tax cuts will play out, and David Blanchflower says that growth will continue to disappoint and Osborne's Budget will be a failure. All this, plus Alice Miles on the distasteful trend of disaster tourism, John Gray on resource wars and Chris Mullin on lost prime ministers. The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of John Gray's The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death when you start your annual subscription today for just £82. The five most read blogs The truth about Gideon | Mehdi Hasan New Statesman and Frontline Club present debate with Julian Assange | Adam Bowie and Ryan Gallagher My night at the Shaftas | Laurie Penny Libya war: in pictures | Samira Shackle Osborne's Budget provides few reasons to be cheerful | George Eaton     This Week's Issue Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e-mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2009. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.