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      What now for the Democrats?
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      28 June 2024    
    
      Joe Biden’s performance at the first debate has deepened concerns about whether he can beat Donald Trump
    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      Time almost up for Trudeau?
    
    
      Jonathan Malloy 
    
    
      26 June 2024    
    
      Justin Trudeau’s government is being thrashed in the polls, but there’s still no sign the Canadian prime minister will take his own “walk in the snow”
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      The great decoupling
    
    
      Daniel Susskind 
    
    
      21 June 2024    
    
      Economic growth and the environment needn’t be in conflict — as the figures are already showing
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Middle Eastern tinderbox
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      21 June 2024    
    
      As the merciless bombings continue in Gaza, developments on the Lebanon–Israel border are adding to the risk of yet more warfare
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Gantz’s gamble
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      12 June 2024    
    
      Does Benny Gantz have the qualities needed to bring down a prime minister determined to prolong a brutal war?
    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      The Union makes us strong
    
    
      Robin Jeffrey 
    
    
      7 June 2024    
    
      Narendra Modi’s BJP took India’s diverse regions for granted and suffered the consequences
    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      The politicisation of American justice
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      6 June 2024    
    
      Donald Trump’s conviction might not have a major impact on the election but it does point to grave flaws in the justice system
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      How the ANC lost its mojo
    
    
      Sisonke Msimang 
    
    
      5 June 2024    
    
      Post-election, South Africa’s biggest party can only govern with the help of uncomfortable bedfellows. How did it come to this?
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Who is Keir Starmer?
    
    
      Michael Jacobs 
    
    
      27 May 2024    
    
      Britain’s next prime minister doesn’t have quite the pedigree you’d expect — but his small-target strategy might seem familiar
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Eighteen hours in Nouméa
    
    
      Nic Maclellan 
    
    
      25 May 2024    
    
      Emmanuel Macron flew halfway around the world but failed to achieve a breakthrough in a crisis that’s damaging French diplomacy in the Pacific
    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      Politicians versus voters
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      23 May 2024    
    
      The US Congress has a deep problem with governing — though voters also reserve the right to contradict themselves
    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      Hacking’s victims fight back
    
    
      Rodney Tiffen 
    
    
      15 May 2024    
    
      Fresh revelations suggest that the scandalous behaviour at London-based Murdoch newspapers was wider and deeper than previously believed
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Winning for democracy
    
    
      John Austin, Lucas Kreuzer and Kamil Lungu 
    
    
      15 May 2024    
    
      In Poland, Donald Tusk shows how to reach voters tempted by authoritarians
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      One election, two dramas
    
    
      Robin Jeffrey 
    
    
      10 May 2024    
    
      India’s election is about much more than which party will govern
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Global waves hit Micronesian shores
    
    
      Nic Maclellan 
    
    
      10 May 2024    
    
      As the United States prepares for conflict with China, its military build-up in Micronesia is intensifying
    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      Dynasty’s end?
    
    
      Michael Barr 
    
    
      7 May 2024    
    
      Singapore faces a future without a Lee
    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      Down the drain
    
    
      Michael Jacobs 
    
    
      4 May 2024    
    
      As raw sewage gushes into the Thames and voters turn away in droves, Rishi Sunak’s government enters its doomed home stretch
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Imperial echoes
    
    
      Jon Richardson 
    
    
      27 April 2024    
    
      March’s terrorist attack in Moscow highlights Russia’s often-fraught dealings with Muslim peoples and states
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Wait of history
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      17 April 2024    
    
      A long-vaunted “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine seems more remote than ever
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Hamas’s dark calculus
    
    
      Hamish McDonald 
    
    
      10 April 2024    
    
      Pressure is mounting among Israel’s allies for a long-term settlement
    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      Playing with fire
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      2 April 2024    
    
      The Israeli attack in Damascus has increased the risk of a region-wide conflict
    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      Not quite a marriage made in heaven
    
    
      Rodney Tiffen 
    
    
      2 April 2024    
    
      Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump have had their ups and downs, but it’s mainly been down since 2020
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      The fragility of American democracy
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      22 March 2024    
    
      Sooner or later, both major parties will have to deal with Trumpism’s legacy, made worse by the problems inherent in America’s political system
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Which way will independent voters jump?
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      15 March 2024    
    
      The real issues in the US presidential race have been swamped by the big news
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Mr Modi goes to Bollywood… and beyond
    
    
      Robin Jeffrey 
    
    
      15 March 2024    
    
      How India’s filmmakers have tracked the national mood
    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      Too little, too late
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      11 March 2024    
    
      In the tortured history of America’s relationship with Israel there has scarcely been a more fraught moment
    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      Russia’s war against Ukraine: a longer view
    
    
      Mark Edele 
    
    
      22 February 2024    
    
      With the full-scale invasion entering its third year, the stakes remain high
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Life and death in China’s rustbelt
    
    
      Antonia Finnane 
    
    
      22 February 2024    
    
      How did this candid drama series make it past the censors?
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Lord Salisbury’s message for the housing ombudsman
    
    
      Peter Mares 
    
    
      20 February 2024    
    
      … and the housing ombudsman’s message for Australia
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Jokowi’s high-wire succession
    
    
      Liam Gammon 
    
    
      14 February 2024    
    
      Prabowo Subianto’s likely electoral hole-in-one this week holds risks not only for his enemies
    
  
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