South Korea tests the limits of democracy
Weeks after President Yoon Suk-yeol brought the country to the brink of authoritarianism, lawmakers voted to impeach him.
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Europe’s Ukraine delusion
With Donald Trump returning to power, the continent’s foreign policy experts must face reality.
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The tragedy of Greater Syria
With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?
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A tumultuous year of renewal and revolt
Restless electorates have voted out incumbent parties worldwide.
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Can Keir Starmer be everyone’s friend?
Events could force the UK to pick a side in foreign policy.
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Bill Gates’ warning to the world
The optimistic, liberal spirit of the early aughts has given way to darker times.
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David Lammy’s balancing act
Donald Trump will test Labour’s new approach to China and Europe.
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The spectre of Winston Churchill
The great wartime leader continues to haunt British politics and identity.
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Keir Starmer needs to stop prioritising trips abroad
While making international connections is important, the Prime Minister has voters at home to answer to.
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North Korean troops in Russia is a dangerous escalation
The war in Ukraine has reached new global dimensions.
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The curse of Netanyahu’s war
Can the Israeli prime minister resist the urge to pursue a devastating escalation?
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The Lammy Doctrine
Labour’s foreign-secretary-in-waiting on why Britain must adapt to the world as it is, not as liberals wish it to be.
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The democratic battle for Georgia’s soul
Protests against the government’s “foreign agents law” are just part of the story.
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Dune: Part Two depicts a world of ceaseless struggle – like our own
Resource scarcity, neo-feudalism, perpetual conflict: Denis Villeneuve’s film is not a fantasy but an epiphany of the present.
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Europe’s new age of insecurity
In the era of Trumpian politics, the US’s allies must fortify and regroup: they can no longer rely on the…
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The Trumpian end of the liberal world order
With the former president’s return the West may finally be released from its mission impossible.
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Can Europe defend itself in a hostile world?
A Trump victory in November would expose the EU’s fatal gaps in defence spending.
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The slipperiness of ceasefire
Why the path to peace is shorter in Gaza than Ukraine.
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The death of humanitarianism
How the West is paying the price for the unipolar moment.
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The Iran problem
How the US is losing control of the Middle East.
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