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The long war of Soviet succession
Mark Edele
19 September 2022
The war in Ukraine is part of a long-simmering conflict across post-Soviet Europe and Asia
International
Democrats resurgent?
Lesley Russell
7 September 2022
Has the battle for the US midterm elections reached an inflection point?
International
Who is Liz Truss — and why?
Michael Jacobs
5 September 2022
Does the new British PM have the capacity to deal with Britain’s gathering crisis?
International
Crash through or crash
Nic Maclellan
8 December 2021
By forcing the pace of New Caledonia’s self-determination process, France’s overseas minister risks an illegitimate vote this weekend
International
Little Pinks and their achy breaky hearts
Linda Jaivin
3 December 2021
China’s army of easily offended young internet-watchers is attracting its own critics
International
Jostling giants
John Edwards
30 November 2021
Does America really need a novel strategy to counter China’s rise?
International
Glasgow kiss
Michael Jacobs
15 November 2021
Is it finally the end of the line for fossil fuels? Our correspondent’s Glasgow COP26 wrap-up
International
Lest we forget Afghanistan
Hamish McDonald
12 November 2021
Bad decisions on both sides are getting in the way of any moves to recognise the new regime in Kabul
International
On the shoulders of giants
Nic Maclellan
9 November 2021
Pacific voices, young and old, have been calling for action at COP26
International
“System change, not climate change!”
Michael Jacobs
9 November 2021
There is a paradox at the heart of climate activists’ demands for the overthrow of capitalism
International
Bridging the jab divide
Lesley Russell
5 November 2021
Rich countries have dragged their feet on promises to help less well-off countries vaccinate. But there are small signs of progress
International
Closing the Glasgow gap
Michael Jacobs
4 November 2021
With the national leaders departing, the climate talks are commencing in earnest. And the optimists see grounds for hope
International
Last call for China’s drinking culture?
Linda Jaivin
28 October 2021
China is waking up to the downside of its world-beating level of alcohol consumption
International
The Glasgow paradox
Michael Jacobs
27 October 2021
What exactly is up for negotiation at next week’s COP26 conference?
International
From the Ludlow Massacre to the Nobel Prize
Brett Evans
21 October 2021
How one of the worst days in US labour history led to this month’s prize for economist David Card
International
Chateaued dream
Brett Evans
14 October 2021
The political risk was missing from the price tag of the Czech PM’s luxury hideaway
International
Between the idea and the reality
Michael Jacobs
14 October 2021
The British PM will need to shake off his party’s deepest beliefs to reform the British economy
International
AUKUS disrupts “a very peaceful part of planet Earth”
Nic Maclellan
14 October 2021
With anti-nuclear sentiment on the rise across the islands, the Morrison government’s nuclear submarine ambitions have undercut the prime minister’s claim to be part of the…
International
Divining the Plenum
Kerry Brown
7 October 2021
Next month’s plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee will be anything but normal
International
Shooting down the “girlie guns”
Linda Jaivin
4 October 2021
Beijing’s crackdown on
niangpao
reflects anxieties dating back to Europe’s nineteenth-century incursions
International
Joe Biden peers into the abyss
Lesley Russell
3 October 2021
The US president knows very well what history says about protracted and acrimonious legislative disputes
International
Boris Johnson’s high-stakes gamble
Michael Jacobs
29 September 2021
Britain’s shape-shifting PM wanted to take the lead on climate, but he didn’t anticipate how hard that would be
International
Germany’s arithmetic
Klaus Neumann
28 September 2021
Almost every party claims to have done well in Sunday’s election, but forming a new government requires an unprecedented coalition of three parties
International
Justin Trudeau’s brush with oblivion
Jonathan Malloy
24 September 2021
The Canadian PM squeaks back into office after facing his most formidable opponent so far
International
Retro-nationalism’s vanquisher?
Hamish McDonald
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
International
Disappearing act
Klaus Neumann
14 September 2021
In the second part of our series on this month’s German election, our correspondent wonders about what has been left out of the debate
International
First kisses and invisible red lines
Linda Jaivin
3 September 2021
Chinese podcasts offer revealing, moving and sometimes funny insights into life in the People’s Republic
International
More Merkel?
Klaus Neumann
31 August 2021
Our correspondent is not impressed by the choices on offer for September’s German election
International
Our enemy’s enemy
Hamish McDonald
27 August 2021
Yesterday’s bombings in Kabul underline the choices facing Western countries
International
Malaysian democracy comes full circle
Amrita Malhi
24 August 2021
Out of the turmoil, the party that lost the last election is back leading a new government
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