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• The destruction of religious pluralism in India

  There is anxiety that four million Bengali speakers in the Indian state of Assam could be rendered stateless overnight.

• "The most important challenge of our day is to escape the borders of nation states"

  Q&A with Lorenzo Marsili and Niccolo Milanese, authors of "Citizens of Nowhere: How Europe Can Be Saved From Itself"

• Book review: Dictator Literature

  Daniel Kalder's book asks why the books of extraordinary world leaders are so often mind-numbingly dull.

• What happened after Russia decriminalised domestic abuse

  Despite a chronic domestic violence problem, a new law has made punishing abusers even harder. Where does Russia go from here?

• The search for “British” rights

  In attempting to dismantle human rights laws allegedly imposed by Brussels, we may find we need them more than ever

• "Who will have our backs now?"

  In Pakistan, accusations of blasphemy can lead to death at the hands of the state – or the mob. A few brave lawyers are fighting back.

• "People cannot say they did not know what was happening"

  Q&A with journalist and author Rania Abouzeid.

• How elite networks shape our society

  What the Cambridge Analytica scandal reveals about Britain.

• "War is the way Americans learn geography"

  Q&A with peace activist Medea Benjamin, author of the new book "Inside Iran".

• Defenders of the Earth

  Environmental activists used to enjoy greater freedom than most­, but now they are under attack, from Modi’s India to Trump’s America