Giuliani, Manafort and the Ukraine scheme, the culmination of Republican decay, Afghanistan

Sponsored by [Hirmer Publishers]( [The Culmination of Republican Decay]( Sean Wilentz Much of the wreckage Trump has caused is simply the expression of his willingness to pursue long-standing Republican policies while coarsening the polarizing politics practiced by the George W. Bush White House. [Ukraine’s New Leading Man]( Sophie Pinkham At first it seemed like a joke: Volodymyr Zelensky is a professional comedian, after all, and had no previous political experience. (May 2019) NYR Daily [Trump, Giuliani, and Manafort: The Ukraine Scheme]( Murray Waas Previously undisclosed records show that as late as May of this year, Rudy Giuliani was in touch with Paul Manafort’s attorneys to discuss how they could keep pushing the “Ukrainian collusion” narrative. [Beyond Afghanistan’s ‘Graveyard for the Living’]( Alex Thier This year has seen the most serious efforts since 2001 to get the United States, regional countries, Afghan leaders, and the Taliban to sit down to discuss a future without war. [Imogen Cooper in Oxford, London, and Bath]( Geoffrey Wheatcroft: As she marks her 70th birthday, there can scarcely be any musician alive who is more truly loved. You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from The New York Review. [Update preferences]( The New York Review of Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Unsubscribe](