Is Germany going authoritarian-left?
Sahra Wagenknecht's new party has a questionable support base and doubtful prospects—like others of its kind across Europe.
Politics
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How the war in Ukraine has transformed the EU
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a profound effect on the European Union, whose response is defining its trajectory.
Israel-Palestine: what kind of solidarity?
The imperative of solidarity is with all those Jews and Palestinians who seek the solution neither Hamas nor Netanyahu wants.
War in Gaza: the silence of Europe’s leaders
The European Union must find a collective and distinctive voice to seek to rein in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
Social democracy in the global south at a crossroads
Amid geoeconomic disruption and geopolitical competition, the alternatives are stark: democratic socialism or barbarism.
Big tent: the social-democratic election formula
A unity cemented by tolerance is needed for social-democratic success in the elections to the European Parliament.
A new world order: from warring states to citizens
It will take decades of intellectual effort, Paul Mason writes, before a new world order emerges from the cumulative chaos.
Germany and Ukraine: avoiding refugee tensions
A potential conflict of national interests over Ukrainian refugees needs to be anticipated and pre-empted.
Beyond numbers: securing gender equality in politics
Most focus on women’s political participation has emphasised boosting its supply. But demand is the bigger problem.
The EU and the inevitability of immigration
Climate change and socio-economic trends will make large-scale migrations inevitable in the coming decades.
Israel, Hamas, war crimes and the ICC
The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed on either side of the Israel-Hamas war.
Israel and Hamas: the debasement of discourse
Amid escalating deaths, claims and counter-claims, Robert Misik clears the smoke of self-righteous dissembling.
Rethinking the nation, beyond nativism
Challenging intolerance does involve a political economy of justice. But it must also provide an affective alternative.
The struggle for a just peace in Israel and Palestine
The reignition of the conflict should have surprised no one, had not so many eyes—including in Europe—been averted.
Israel’s evacuation order violates international law
Jane McAdam and Ben Saul
International law places copious constraints on how Israel can order the evacuation of northern Gaza, to protect civilians.
Poland’s historic election: democracy won
With the progressive bloc likely to replace the populists in power, the relics of the latter and a polarised society will remain challenging.
Israel-Palestine: a comparative perspective
An enduring refugee crisis, the conflict is unlike any similar episode from World War II and its aftermath.