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The government's defeat in Istanbul's mayoral election is nothing less than a historic watershed, for Erdogan lacks the means to remedy the... Read More

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When I started at the New Statesman in December 2010, we were six months into Britain's first experience of coalition government since the... Read More

The evidence shows that supposed fishing boats around contested islands are part of an extensive maritime militia. Read More

By threatening the survival of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Trump administration has put an end to speculation about a possible rupture... Read More

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Moscow's overreaction to protests in Tbilisi is a classic geopolitical story. Read More

Without a rival currency, there is none. Read More

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role... Read More

He’s imposed pain. Now, if he only had defined plans and goals. Read More

The only real alternative to armed conflict at this point is strong and resolute international pressure on Iran to return to negotiations... Read More

BAMAKO, Mali—“The terrorists are quick,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters after a summit with the leaders of... Read More

After scoring a significant lead in last month's European Parliament elections against ruling SYRIZA, opposition New Democracy is relying on... Read More

Greece will hold a snap election on 7 July. Zoe Alipranti writes that it is widely expected New Democracy will finish in first place ahead of... Read More

As late as a few months ago, there were mournful predictions of eventual — and destined — absorption of Taiwan by China.... Read More

There is an ongoing campaign of forced starvation in Yemen. Yet, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) announced on June 20 that it is... Read More

Last Friday the news broke that Donald Trump had finally gotten around to ordering retaliatory strikes against Iran, but when U.S. planes... Read More

What happens after the bombing starts? The people pushing for a fight with Tehran have offered only the vaguest details. Read More

There are no optimal options in the current Yemen war, but U.S. policymakers should seize the opportunity to bring Gulf governments into... Read More

No one's serious at 17, French poet Arthur Rimbaud once wrote. Could Emmanuel Macron prove him wrong? The president is putting French youth... Read More

The EU's top AI experts say regulation should focus on high-risk applications. Read More

George Osborne’s grandiose talk counts for nothing if regional development is stifled by the ideology behind austerity, says Labour... Read More

Turkey's president has so far reacted calmly to his party's second and decisive defeat in the Istanbul mayoral vote, but this hopeful moment... Read More

The city's newest mayor promises something unthinkable under the president: coexistence. Read More

Former Finance Minister and MDC deputy Tendai Biti says only the opposition has the credibility to create the change desperately needed.  Read More

Despite declining rates of child poverty, 301 million of the world's 2.3 billion children still live on less than $1.90/day. Read More

To stop the global climate crisis, we need emissions-free energy more than ever – and for all its risks, atomic power seems like a... Read More

Boycotting a conference explicitly designed to advance the economy of the Palestinian people evinces a great deal about Palestinian leaders'... Read More

Whatever the Bahrain workshop proposes is doomed to failure. Here is why. Read More

After high-level assassinations, the country may still be in danger, says Human Rights Watch expert Felix Horne. Read More

Russia has been the biggest sovereign gold bug for years. Now others are following in its footsteps. Read More

Quietly and discreetly, the planning for Boris Johnson's premiership has begun. No one wants to be seen measuring the curtains, but his team... Read More

The nature of global commerce has changed dramatically over the past 40 years, with the meteoric rise of global value... Read More

The Trump administration’s foreign policy is too frequently underestimated. Linkage is central to it. Read More

His process of ordering and then canceling military strikes was a mess. But he now has an opening to restart talks on Iran's nuclear program. Read More

Iran's harassment should not be permitted to provoke an escalation. Read More

First, take a deep breath. Now take a look at the Wall Street Journal. The otherwise fine newspaper editorially on Saturday blasted President... Read More

Turkey's opposition has dealt President Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by w... Read More

In Germany, politicians are about to take some radical steps to deal with housing costs. Read More

Beijing's tyranny over its people is fast becoming more terrifying than anything in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Read More

Liberals still haven't responded to the widespread rejection of the global order Read More

A growing number of Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa say they are no longer religious, a major survey suggests. Read More

Swift action from Brussels transformed the Moldova crisis on the ground. The EU will now learn to keep oligarchic governments at arm's length... Read More

Scammed by opportunistic agents, African students seeking a future in the EU have ended up stuck in Northern Cyprus—some of them left... Read More

Bibi's pact with ultra-Orthodox parties is no longer a secure ticket to electoral victory.  Read More

Voters got to see how parties behaved after elections, and parties now know the real risk of a hardline negotiation stance Read More

In 2013, new in the job as health secretary, I met James Titcombe, who had tragically lost his son Joshua to serious failures in care. James... Read More

We must stop giving terrorists exactly what they want, writes Bernie Sanders. Read More

Last week in Xiamen, Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Yang presided over a routine conference on cross-strait relations and... Read More

France's young President is now Europe's most forceful progressive. But violence at home and the success of right-wing parties throughout the... Read More

The battle is no longer about the competing ideologies of communism and capitalism. Instead, it is between disruption and order Read More

Ekrem Imamoglu's victory in the rerun of the mayor's race is a 'win' for democracy supporters say and a blow to Erdogan. Read More

Should the United States engage another great power in a full-on naval conflict, the winning side would likely be the one that could replace... Read More

The crush of migrants trying to flee Venezuela is only part of what makes the border region so chaotic. There's also a dangerous power... Read More