Unhappy birthday, Andrei Sakharov
The Kremlin's negation of the Nobel laureate’s legacy represents another step backwards which could lead to nuclear war.
Politics
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How the public loses out when politicians cash in
Gerhard Schröder has clearly breached the trust of the German people.
Ukraine and Europe’s defence spending
Europe’s reaction to the Ukraine crisis will do much to define what kind of Europe it is to be.
The Ukraine war and NATO’s renewed credibility
On the biggest issues threatening people around the world in the coming years, NATO is well-nigh irrelevant.
A European constituency for a European public sphere
The European Parliament’s support for a pan-European constituency could transform the 2024 elections.
The uneven battlefield of reproductive rights
Progressives have been too slow to appreciate the attack on reproductive rights in eastern Europe and the US.
The new French left—the sociology of socialism
The realignment on the French left highlights the basic requirement that the left unite the working and professional classes.
For a democratic, egalitarian and feminist constitution
Chile’s constitutional convention is an example of how citizens’ representatives can refound a contemporary democracy.
The recovery will be green and feminist or it won’t be
Chile’s new constitution could be the first to embody egalitarian and ecological principles.
The coming world order
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order—and with it the energy, production, distribution and finance systems.
Has the war in Ukraine made the EU a geopolitical actor?
Suddenly, Nicoletta Pirozzi writes, the EU’s ‘geopolitical’ claims have become essential, not aspirational.
The origins of Putin’s totalitarianism
The siloviki who gained power during Putin’s early years have been replaced by faceless security technocrats—real heirs to the KGB.
A citizens’ Europe?
The Conference on the Future of Europe could lead to a new European constitution.
Seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs
The episode has proved, Branko Milanovic writes, that Russia is not ruled by a few rich men but by a single autocrat.
Why do Russians support the war against Ukraine?
Interviews by Russian researchers have shed light on the different groups in Russian society who are pro-war—and why.
A new era of containment?
The security architecture of the past 50 years is in ruins. Robert Misik maps a policy for the new cold war.
A new age of party democracy
Critical to the rebuilding of crumbled political pillars such as the Parti Socialiste in France is the installation of party democracy.