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Correspondents Britain’s politics without walls David Hayes 27 October 2014 Democracy’s decline always makes a good story. But like the country itself, British politics might be adapting rather than decaying, says David Hayes International Unsettled times at The Hague Sophie Rigney 22 October 2014 Three controversial judgements have highlighted the challenges facing the International Criminal Court as it prepares to move to its permanent home, writes Sophie Rigney Books & arts La vita difficile Angela Daly 30 September 2014 Away from the holiday playgrounds, Europe is running on low-paid labour, writes Angela Daly Correspondents John Bercow and “the Aussie woman” David Hayes 29 September 2014 The ripples of an unlikely row over a parliamentary appointment reach from London to Canberra, says David Hayes

Correspondents Ireland and Britain: neighbours in transit David Hayes 31 August 2014 Dublin and London are finding common diplomatic ground just as politics is sweeping them off their feet Essays & reportage Venice, washed by many pasts R.J.B. Bosworth 27 August 2014 Duplicitous, pure, dream-like, artificial, psychopathic, unpredictable? Beneath the overheated commentary about Venice, there’s a real city, writes R.J.B. Bosworth Books & arts Christopher Clark’s Sleepwalkers and the Germans. A misunderstanding? Andreas Wirsching 5 August 2014 An Australian historian’s reappraisal of the origins of the first world war has provoked enormous interest in Germany, writes Andreas Wirsching. But the debate… Books & arts Remarkable acts of courage Sara Dowse 31 July 2014 Two books about the second world war show that humans are capable of lifting ourselves out of the mire

International Turkey’s predicament: vicious circles and unexpected possibilities Kerem Öktem 22 April 2014 A democratic shift seems unlikely but not impossible, writes Kerem Öktem. Otherwise, a series of crises will add to regional instability International Putin on the edge of an abyss Robert Horvath 20 March 2014 Vladimir Putin’s brinkmanship over Eastern Ukraine could have dangerously unpredictable results International Afloat with the euro Daniel Nethery 13 March 2014 By linking strong and weak economies, the eurozone has effectively transferred wealth to the better-performing countries and contributed to popular suspicion of the European… Correspondents Italy’s best-known comedian meets the ghost of Mussolini James Panichi 18 February 2014 Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement made stunning gains at Italy’s last election, writes James Panichi. But as the controversy over its guiding…