Making democracy safe from capitalism
Market radicals have established economic spaces free of democratic constraint. What would a politics of the zone look like if…
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The arrest of Imran Khan foreshadows a dark chapter for Pakistan
The surprise arrest has sparked riots, fears of torture and a violent crackdown.
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As strongman leaders around the world begin to fall, has authoritarianism peaked?
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro both tested the democratic system and lost power. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could be next.
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The Tories’ voter ID laws have damaged our democracy
Far too many of those who were needlessly turned away at polling stations did not return to vote.
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The Red Christian
How Jacques Maritain, the most influential Catholic intellectual of the 20th century, changed the world.
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From nimbyism to the trans right debate, today’s politics is all about taking back control
What does it mean for our society when some people believe their word on what happens in their back yard…
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Why Tocqueville matters
Travel was a vital part of the French thinker’s political philosophy, but this has largely been forgotten in today’s secluded…
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Europe’s centrist parties let industry rot and society fragment. Now they’re being punished for it
In Italy, France, Germany and Britain, the flight of voters to the political extremes can be mapped on to neglected…
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The death of local government
Westminster has been systematically stripping councils of power, funding and stature for decades. As a result, our local politics is…
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Sam Fowles: “So much of public debate is disconnected from the truth”
The barrister on Indiana Jones, David Guetta and why you should always go to the bathroom before going into court.
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The real problem with Joe Biden’s democracy summit
The urgent work to defend global democracy needs more than a Zoom call.
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The strange death of the centre right
In Western democracies conventional conservativism is foundering. How did this once-dominant political force become so diminished?
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Kenneth Roth on Harvard fellowship controversy: “My biggest concern is for academic freedom”
Although the university has reversed its block against the former head of Human Rights Watch, concerns over freedom of speech…
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Maria Ressa: “The law was bent to the point that it was broken”
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist on why Big Tech rewards disinformation, and how to fight back.
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The business-lounge intellectual
With his new book, the FT’s Martin Wolf wants to rescue capitalism. But is it worth saving?
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How to get on with your political opponents
Ultimately, what matters is not whether someone is principled, but whether they have been promoting genuinely good things.
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Do capitalism and democracy go together?
Capitalists' acquiescence to electoral democracy follows from their distinctive political interests, and is strictly conditional.
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What will Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid mean for American democracy?
The former president’s attempted comeback may embolden Americans to pull back further from the brink or deepen the country’s woes.
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Has the plot to subvert American democracy been averted?
Trump-endorsed, election-denying candidates have flopped. Bigly.
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To save democracy, Americans need to hang out more
The midterms suggest that Alexis de Tocqueville’s 200-year-old warnings about American individualism have come true.
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