The strange rise of the pro-Russia right
Sympathy for Vladimir Putin among conservatives is both a threat and an opportunity for liberals.
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Paying the costs of war
Keir Starmer’s defence spending increase is a very expensive lesson in failing to plan ahead.
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The AfD’s rise is the centre left’s final warning
The surging far-right is a symptom of a world slipping out of progressive control – and comprehension.
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The godfather of the Maga right
Steve Bannon on a US-Russia alliance, kinship with Blue Labour, and his war on modernity.
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Can the West guarantee Ukraine’s security?
Amid talk of “peacekeepers” and security alliances, it’s not yet clear what Europe can do to deter Russia.
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The myth of the liberal international order
Donald Trump can’t break what doesn’t exist.
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The edge of anarchy
Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis.
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The Syrian crucible
Can a new Middle East be fashioned from the ruins of the Assad regime?
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The rise of machinepolitik
In this era of raw power, Labour must find a new statecraft.
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Jordan Peterson’s prophecies
The Canadian thinker’s self-made deity is a symptom of the modern Western malady.
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Postliberalism redux
From their reaction to Trump’s victory, it’s clear that liberals have still failed to learn the lessons of 2016.
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The West will pay a steep price if it ignores Brics countries
If the global bloc can successfully ween itself off the US dollar, we will enter a new global order.
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Georgia’s future depends on the European Union
Admitting ex-Soviet countries into the bloc is critical to Western security.
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Is Vladimir Putin bluffing?
He controls the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. The West can’t easily discount his threats.
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Matt Pottinger: “We are now in the foothills of a great-power hot war”
The former US security official on what a second Trump presidency would mean for China, Taiwan and the West.
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The rise of a new axis
China, Russia, North Korea and Iran are all deeply hostile to the US and its allies – and they could…
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The age of danger
Order is breaking down as the great powers take sides in multiple wars.
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Putin’s fractured world
The Russian president is using the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to divide the West and the Global South.
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The myth of “the West”
Our simplistic attitude to Western civilisation overlooks the global trade and culture that created it.
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The West underestimated Russia
There will be no total victory for Ukraine, but Kyiv’s allies can help halt the Russian advance.
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