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Europe
Books & Arts
Injured instincts
Sara Dowse
12 May 2023
Writer Kapka Kassabova continues her beguiling exploration of the Balkans
Books & Arts
We in Germany
Klaus Neumann
8 May 2023
Who’s in and who’s out in the new Germany?
Books & Arts
Eastern Europe’s faultline
Mark Edele
21 March 2023
A distinguished historian uses one family’s story to illuminate the borderland between Europe and Russia
Correspondents
Kyiv, one year on
Alexandra Biggs
22 February 2023
A new normal has taken root in a city at war
International
Pushing the nuclear envelope
Andy Butfoy
22 February 2023
Will the West’s delicate balancing act accidentally trigger a chain reaction?
Correspondents
Getting Brexit undone
Sam Freedman
20 February 2023
Voter sentiment has shifted decisively, leaving the major parties in a quandary
National Affairs
Putin’s Wolves
Robert Horvath
6 February 2023
Australia’s fringe Russian nationalist movement has worrying international links
Correspondents
European solidarity
Klaus Neumann
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
Ashes of empires
Samir Puri
23 November 2022
The author of
Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine
responds to Mark Edele’s review of his book
Books & Arts
“It’s NATO, stupid!”
Mark Edele
22 November 2022
Two new books disagree about the origins of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International
Making sense of Meloni
James Panichi
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
A betrayal of Ukraine and the left
Anthony Barnett
17 October 2022
A false equivalence is compromising reactions to the war among some on the left
Books & Arts
Portraying the age
Geoff Wilkes
4 October 2022
Joseph Roth’s restless journeying produced an idiosyncratic depiction of central Europe in the twenties and thirties
International
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
National Affairs
Why an invasion of Taiwan would fail
John Quiggin
14 September 2022
Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake
National Affairs
When sharing isn’t caring
Adam Triggs
27 October 2021
Sovereign countries sharing the same currency, euro-style, have been a recipe for disaster. So why has the idea endured?
Correspondents
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
Essays & Reportage
In no-man’s land
Klaus Neumann
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
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
Correspondents
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
The party that kicked the hornets’ nest
Andrew Vandenberg
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
Northern light on Australia’s future
Ian McAuley
2 July 2021
The Nordic countries show how economies can be run differently
Books & Arts
Balkan polyphony
Sara Dowse
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
Champions no more
Klaus Neumann
13 April 2021
Our correspondent detects parallels between the fortunes of German football and the travails of the Merkel government
Correspondents
Waiting for “that big lout” to rise up
Klaus Neumann
28 March 2021
What two men tell us about the evolution of German right-wing populism
National Affairs
The Sámi’s voice
Harry Hobbs
8 February 2021
Does Sweden’s Sámediggi offer lessons for Australia’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament?
Correspondents
In defence of Europe
Klaus Neumann
13 March 2020
As the European Commission swings behind Greece, signs of an alternative Europe are emerging
Correspondents
Anatomy of a broken taboo
Klaus Neumann
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
Was the future better yesterday?
Peter Browne
16 February 2020
What explains the apparent success of populist politics?
Correspondents
How Australia’s love affair with coal looks from afar, and why it matters
Klaus Neumann
4 February 2020
Europeans have been watching Australia’s bushfires and climate change policies with growing dismay
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