How the Republican Party is awakening to the reality of the climate crisis
Extreme weather has caused some Republicans to act on climate change, but their plans for action are not always in…
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Is America’s toolbox for Russia empty?
What has been revealed is how little the US can do.
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Samir Saran on India-US relations: “There is a more pragmatic assessment of each other today”
The head of a Delhi-based think tank on China, America, Russia and climate change.
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Liberal democracy is still under threat
In countries such as the US, Italy and France, status quo-style politics won't win elections anymore.
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Why climate migrants are missing from the debate at Cop26
Until the world agrees how to define a “climate migrant”, legislation to protect them will lag behind the reality of…
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The US is not a leader in the fight against climate change
Joe Biden needs to get his own house in order before he can lecture others at Cop26.
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Climate concern doesn’t divide by income: politicians should stop portraying it as a “class war”
Right-wing interests present eco-anxiety as a middle-class issue, but lower income groups will suffer most from climate impacts.
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Sarah Palin lost, but then she won
She didn’t become vice-president, and she’s largely out of politics. So why do I see Palin’s image mirrored everywhere?
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Will Donald Trump be back?
Michael Wolff's Landslide is an absorbing account of Trump’s downfall – and a portent of his return.
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What do we remember when we remember 9/11?
Our remembrance of 9/11 is about the greatness of America; in the process, it fails Americans.
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What now for US multilateralism?
Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin host the New Statesman's weekly global affairs podcast, World Review.
Donald Trump’s defeat shows how Boris Johnson’s new Conservatives can be beaten
The right’s new fusion of prejudice and public spending only works for so long. People want a decent and tolerant society.
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Donald Trump started a war with Big Tech. Will Joe Biden call it off?
The US president-elect faces a dilemma: support the break-up of America's most valuable companies, or endure the wrath of his party.
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Donald Trump is like a twisted Father Christmas: he can make all his lies come true
As senior Republicans stand by, the president is creating the conditions for a shiny new republic of riddles.
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The 2020 US presidential election in data: why the Trump revolution will live on
American populism existed long before Donald Trump and is set to endure after he leaves the White House.
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How Donald Trump’s self-interest could hurt the Republicans in Georgia
An upcoming Senate run-off presents a warning to Trump’s party – and others tempted to embrace aspiring authoritarians.
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Anne Applebaum on Donald Trump: “History has always hung in the balance. We just imagine that it didn’t”
In many pockets of the West, from the United States to Poland and Hungary, authoritarian leaders are eroding democracy. In…
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Were the US strikes payback against the Assad regime – or Barack Obama?
The attack on the airbase was exactly the action we expected to see from the Obama administration in August 2013.
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Goodbye Barack Obama – 14 of the moments we won’t forget
A leader of humour and grace bows out.
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Barack Obama throws a Reaganesque baton of hope to Hillary Clinton
The 44th President's speech backing Clinton was also his swan song.
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