Is Vladimir Putin dead?
What the persistent rumours about the Russian president’s health do and do not tell us about the country’s future.
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“Orientalising” Poland’s far-right was a mistake
The election proved that too many wrote off the country’s democratic strengths too soon.
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The EU is the “illusory giant” of geopolitics
Despite its wealth and ambition, the European Union is limited as an actor in the great conflicts of our time.
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Donald Tusk spies path to power in Poland
Exit polls show an opposition coalition could oust the illiberal Law and Justice party.
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Europe’s east-west divide is widening
Relations between Germany and Poland define the continent. But, ahead of the latter’s election this weekend, they are in crisis…
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The left’s slide in Germany is a warning for Labour
In power, Olaf Scholz’s coalition offers no answers for a country that has lost its competitive edge in the world.…
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Yanis Varoufakis: The Democrats are helping to elect Trump
The former Greek finance minister on his new book Technofeudalism and why the left keeps losing.
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What John Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine
The great-power realist lets theory get in the way of fact.
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