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Europe
Chronicle of a victory foretold
David Hayes
22 May 2017
British Conservatives have history, nation, ability, luck and opponents on their side
In France, another European populist vanquished
James Panichi
8 May 2017
Letter from Brussels
| Is Emmanuel Macron’s victory – just days after Matteo Renzi resumed the leadership of Italy’s Democratic Party – a turning…
International
The French left’s risky choice
Philippe Marlière
27 April 2017
With only lukewarm support from progressives, could Emmanuel Macron lose the French presidential election?
International
The globalisation of indifference
Klaus Neumann
24 April 2017
Despite ambiguities of meaning and history, the Pope’s reference to concentration camps makes a forceful point about our attentiveness
Theresa May’s gauntlet election
David Hayes
19 April 2017
Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand
Books & arts
How unfair was the Versailles peace treaty?
Michael Mckernan
18 April 2017
Books
| A new history turns the conventional view on its head
Yesterday’s man, tomorrow
David Hayes
30 March 2017
A Conservative chancellor turned newspaper editor may influence politics, and Brexit, in unexpected ways
Books & arts
Trading on the moral high ground
Jane Goodall
1 March 2017
Television
| Two very different political cultures, and some intriguing similarities, are the backdrops to
Deutschland 83
and
Billions
Waist deep in the Brexit muddy
David Hayes
26 December 2016
Letter from London
| Britain’s divisions over Europe fester in a political swamp. But there is a way out
International
Italy’s Charles de Gaulle moment
James Panichi
6 December 2016
Prime minister Matteo Renzi risked everything in his attempt to reduce the power of the Senate and cut back on layers of government
International
Old countries, new problems, new leaders
Tim Colebatch
1 December 2016
In their different ways, the trajectories of François Fillon and Theresa May highlight the challenges facing Europe
Trumpland in Brexitannia: hands across the ocean?
David Hayes
10 November 2016
America’s rage revolution echoes Britain’s referendum uprising. But does it bring the old allies closer?
Books & arts
Dreams of Hydra
Susan Lever
19 October 2016
On the Greek island, a conference reappraises the lives and work of Charmian Clift and George Johnston
International
Germany, one year on
Klaus Neumann
12 September 2016
The events of late summer 2015 revealed faultlines in German society that won’t quickly resolve themselves, writes
Klaus Neumann.
Meanwhile, Angela Merkel’s…
Brexitannia: a state in limbo
David Hayes
16 August 2016
Britain is paralysed by its decision to leave the European Union, says
David Hayes
Days and nights in Taksim Square
Alexandra Biggs
4 August 2016
This open space in central Istanbul has long been a site of political struggle, writes
Alexandra Biggs
. Last month’s attempted coup was no exception
International
Crowdsourcing terror
Greg Barton
18 July 2016
The attack in Nice reflects a shift in the dynamics of the Islamic State, writes
Greg Barton
. And the attempted coup in Turkey has complicated the task of responding effectively
Britain’s velvet regime change
David Hayes
14 July 2016
The post-Brexit rise of Theresa May is fleeting balm for a troubled country, says
David Hayes
National affairs
Caravan or coalition?
Tim Colebatch
30 June 2016
Europe offers lessons for Australian parties uneasy at the prospect of having to talk to each other, says
Tim Colebatch
England’s we-the-people revolt
David Hayes
27 June 2016
Europe, outsiders, parties, experts, London, the United Kingdom itself – all were rejected in Britain’s referendum, says
David Hayes
National affairs
What Brexit means for Australia
Saul Eslake
26 June 2016
The greatest immediate danger is contagion in the financial markets, writes
Saul Eslake.
Longer term, there are legitimate grievances to be dealt with
International
Reaping the whirlwind
John Quiggin
26 June 2016
Without a coherent alternative to finance-driven economic policies, the tribalism represented by the Brexit vote will triumph, argues
John Quiggin
The great British crack-up
David Hayes
24 June 2016
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union propels an old country into a new world, says
David Hayes
Britain on the edge
David Hayes
20 June 2016
An MP’s murder sheds a harsh light on a polarised country, says
David Hayes
Britain’s Brexit blues
David Hayes
3 June 2016
The duel over Britain’s place in Europe is a feast of acrimony, says
David Hayes
in London
International
Austria’s winds of change deliver a timely message
Philipp Strobl
25 May 2016
The tight presidential election result might suggest Austria is drifting to the far right, says
Philipp Strobl
. But history shows voters wanted to send a different signal
Britain’s festival of democracy
David Hayes
10 May 2016
A Pakistani immigrant’s child and a fearless gay Scot are among the stars of Thursday’s UK-wide elections. They show that politics can work, says
David Hayes
International
The EU–Turkish agreement: contracting out in order to buy time
Sebastiaan Princen
8 April 2016
The agreement with Turkey is an admission that the European Union can’t solve the refugee problem on its own, writes
Sebastiaan Princen
. Whether it will be enough…
International
Dealing with Mr Erdogan
Klaus Neumann
21 March 2016
The agreement hammered out in Brussels on Friday creates fresh uncertainty and renewed danger for refugees, writes
Klaus Neumann
International
Angela Merkel’s line in the sand
Klaus Neumann
9 March 2016
Despite state elections this weekend, the German chancellor is sticking to her pledge to run a “rational” refugee policy, writes
Klaus Neumann
. Meanwhile,…
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