2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (233+ words) And as the war drags on, it is clear that for Trump the principal aims have become as much about domestic as global politics. His Maga coalition appears to be fracturing, with a clear anti-war faction emerging, and his approval…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago  (279+ words) Thankfully, the pro-EU forces of liberal democratic virtue not only won, but smashed it. So what next for the EU after the Orb'n nightmare? The optimistic view is that Orb'nism'hard-right populism seeking to subvert the liberal-democratic EU from within'is now…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (136+ words) Authoritarian leader Viktor Orb'n suffered a crushing defeat in the Hungarian elections, losing to pro-European reformist P'ter Magyar. How did Orb'n become a figurehead for the global populist right, and an inspiration to Maga figures such as JD Vance? How…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (707+ words) Muntadas is telling me about "Sadomasoqu's, an exhibition based on his idea that artists who spend time here have a joyfully painful relationship with the place. Political comment is, of course, not absent from a Catalan enclave facing threats to…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (894+ words) The American constitution is creaking at the seams. The founding fathers got many things right, but ultimately their imagination failed them. They could not, in their worst nightmares, conceive of a president who would be simultaneously all-powerful and mentally unwell....

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1067+ words) Prospect Magazine The ICC is a "dead man walking. It doesnt have to be The US is clear about its scorn for the International Criminal Court. By failing to defend it, our governments have become complicit This week, Donald Trump…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (714+ words) Prospect Magazine Second life: I am an expert in "Restroom Censorship" Last December, I was asked to address an international conference on internet security in Paris on a subject of my choice. Since my knowledge of internet security remains fairly…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (556+ words) A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." This is what President Trump told the world would happen, if he did not get his way on something. " For the leader of the world's greatest military power…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (697+ words) If the break-up of the United Kingdom doesn't bother you, read no further. But those of us who want the UK to stay together should prepare for a bitter battle between Westminster and Holyrood. This battle will not just decide…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1121+ words) Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. Some of you will recognise that as the famous opening sentence of Janet Malcolm's…...