Books & Arts
12 May 2023
Writer Kapka Kassabova continues her beguiling exploration of the Balkans
Books & Arts
8 May 2023
Who’s in and who’s out in the new Germany?
Books & Arts
21 March 2023
A distinguished historian uses one family’s story to illuminate the borderland between Europe and Russia
Correspondents
22 February 2023
A new normal has taken root in a city at war
International
22 February 2023
Will the West’s delicate balancing act accidentally trigger a chain reaction?
Correspondents
20 February 2023
Voter sentiment has shifted decisively, leaving the major parties in a quandary
National Affairs
6 February 2023
Australia’s fringe Russian nationalist movement has worrying international links
Correspondents
3 December 2022
Our Hamburg-based correspondent scrutinises a much-used term, draws attention to deadly policies and practices, and ends on an optimistic note
Books & Arts
23 November 2022
The author of Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine responds to Mark Edele’s review of his book
Books & Arts
22 November 2022
Two new books disagree about the origins of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International
2 November 2022
Labelling Italy’s new prime minister a fascist misses the longer-term significance of her rise to power — and some shrewd decisions since she got the job
International
17 October 2022
A false equivalence is compromising reactions to the war among some on the left
Books & Arts
4 October 2022
Joseph Roth’s restless journeying produced an idiosyncratic depiction of central Europe in the twenties and thirties
International
19 September 2022
The war in Ukraine is part of a long-simmering conflict across post-Soviet Europe and Asia
National Affairs
14 September 2022
Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake
National Affairs
27 October 2021
Sovereign countries sharing the same currency, euro-style, have been a recipe for disaster. So why has the idea endured?
Correspondents
14 October 2021
The British PM will need to shake off his party’s deepest beliefs to reform the British economy
Essays & Reportage
1 October 2021
The predicament of refugees at the Polish–Belarusian border evokes deportations to Poland in 1938 and a novel published in 1940
Correspondents
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
Correspondents
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
3 July 2021
The Left Party’s support for a motion from the far right has brought Sweden’s political divisions to a head
Books & Arts
2 July 2021
The Nordic countries show how economies can be run differently
Books & Arts
16 April 2021
Books | The region that gave the world the word “balkanised” proves a fascinating setting for a travel book with a difference
Correspondents
13 April 2021
Our correspondent detects parallels between the fortunes of German football and the travails of the Merkel government
Correspondents
28 March 2021
What two men tell us about the evolution of German right-wing populism
National Affairs
8 February 2021
Does Sweden’s Sámediggi offer lessons for Australia’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament?
Correspondents
13 March 2020
As the European Commission swings behind Greece, signs of an alternative Europe are emerging
Correspondents
19 February 2020
An election in a tiny East German state has reverberated all the way to the top of the country’s politics
Books & Arts
16 February 2020
What explains the apparent success of populist politics?
Correspondents
4 February 2020
Europeans have been watching Australia’s bushfires and climate change policies with growing dismay