Don’t let the lockdown hawks re-write history Certain commentators are claiming ZeroCovid was a purely pre-vaccine measure

Why are so many Russian generals dying? Soviet-era command structures are, strangely, still in place

Katherine Bayford

Thursday

24.03

Post-sanctions life in Moscow is… not that different The effects have not kicked in for ordinary Russians — yet

Constantin Duhamel

Demanding roubles for gas is a victory for Putin The Russian's decision is accelerating the shift away from US-led dominance

Philip Pilkington

Madeleine Albright epitomised the liberal era that is over The globalised world that defined her project in the 1990s is no more

Kamala Harris: the Vice-President nobody wanted Even Joe Biden is struggling to defend his choice

Francis Fukuyama: Can Putin’s war rescue liberalism? The Stanford Professor explains how the invasion could revitalise the West

Wednesday

23.03

Rishi Sunak could have helped the poor — but didn’t We face a cost of living emergency that will hit the poorest hardest

The Covid-cautious are hungriest for war There's a strong correlation between a fear of Covid and a desire for open conflict

Mary Harrington

Elvira Nabiullina: the Kremlin official still beloved by the West Many still hold Russia's central bank governor in high regard

Maximilian Hess

Tuesday

22.03

Why Israel won’t join anti-Russia sanctions It has security concerns on its border with Russia-backed Syria

Éric Zemmour can’t blame Putin for his slump The populist candidate is now in fifth place

Why women fear cancel culture more than men A recent NYT poll reveals a stark gender divide on self-censorship

Putin’s invasion has thrown Erdogan a lifeline Turkey has been welcomed back into the Western fold

Monday

21.03

Bill Roggio: Who is really winning the war in Ukraine? The analyst tells Freddie Sayers that the media is giving a misleading picture

Conservatives should amend the Equality Act — not repeal it A small amount of legal tweaking can tame the Blob

James McSweeney

Should we envy China’s army of billionaires? The country now has more than America and India combined

Germany lifts Covid restrictions — and people aren’t happy Germans are anxious about their sudden freedom

Now is not the time to start an economic war with China A group of US Senators are pushing a scheme that would end in disaster

Philip Pilkington

Friday

18.03

Is the New York Times headed back to the centre? A new tone at the paper hints at a broader change

Park MacDougald

Eastern Europeans are getting hawkish on Ukraine Citizens are pushing their leaders to stand up to Russia's aggression

William Nattrass

How Andrew Cuomo can win His re-election as Governor of New York may not be as farfetched as it seems

Boris can’t ignore the culture wars forever The PM has a plan to deal with racial inequality — but will he go through with it?

The EU is pushing Serbia into Russia’s arms The bloc needs to incentivise Belgrade to abandon its longstanding ally

Thursday

17.03

Why York University de-platformed me Supposedly, I am a safety threat

Samo Burja: Sanctions will divide civilisation The Ukraine war is hastening us towards a multipolar world

First Scotland, now Ireland embraces trans ideology The Irish Census will allow individuals to indicate both male and female

Where are Dave Rubin’s babies coming from? We can't ignore the biological reality behind the pundit's announcement

Mary Harrington

The new Online Safety Bill: better, but still awful The revised version will have its first reading today

Jennifer Powers

Wednesday

16.03

A Saudi-China oil deal is a warning shot to the West Selling oil in renminbi instead of dollars will undermine US hegemony

Philip Pilkington

How globalisation cheated America The West's opening up to China came at a big cost

Britain is still ethnically segregated And no-one wants to talk about it

Why is the White House briefing TikTok influencers? The Biden administration is said to be giving talking points to creators

Tuesday

15.03

Discussion: Neo-Nazis in Ukraine Freddie Sayers and Aris Roussinos evaluate the far-Right militias joining the fight against Russia

Putin’s war sparks an existential crisis in Germany Schoolrooms and families across the country are reconsidering their nation

Who is Joe Rogan’s audience? New research points to a surprisingly politically diverse listenership

Western media should not repeat Ukrainian propaganda Journalists are not approaching claims with proper scrutiny

Monday

14.03

Britain’s refugee hosts need vetting too Vulnerable Ukrainians should be protected from exploitation

Slowly but surely, U.S. authorities are moving in on crypto The SEC is denying applications from several Bitcoin-affiliated companies

As Britain escapes lockdown, China is still stuck Over 35 million Chinese citizens are facing new restrictions

Abandoning neutrality is Ireland’s gift to the EU Is the shift in strategy really in the national interest?

Conor Fitzgerald

British soldiers need to prepare for a new type of war The Middle East is poor preparation for the onslaught of a conventional army

Friday

11.03

Hong Kong pays a heavy price for Zero Covid approach The city-state is suffering from the highest Covid death rate in the world

Is the US prepared for a United States of Eurasia? War always creates power vacuums — the West must fill them

Russophobia is sweeping through central Europe The Czech Republic is treating Russians like second-class citizens

William Nattrass

As anti-Semitism rises in New York, prosecutors fail to act The NYPD made an arrest in just one in five anti-Semitic hate crimes

Charles Fain Lehman

Thursday

10.03

Investigating Aleksandr Dugin and the “soul of Russia” Freddie Sayers speaks to Marlene Laruelle about the far-Right philosopher and Putin's endgame

Ukraine’s bloody spring will gift the world a hungry winter An impending wheat crisis could push millions into starvation

The inside story on Putin’s decision to invade A Russian journalist provides key insights into events running up to the invasion

Putin blows up his own currency The ruble's value has fallen by 40% since Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Wednesday

09.03

Sorry Sheryl Sandberg, but women do go to war Meta's COO made a bizarre claim on International Women's Day

Katherine Bayford

Oil and gas sanctions hurt the West more than Russia A rise in price benefits the producer, not the consumer

Philip Pilkington

Welcome to the Bitcoin golden era The Russian invasion of Ukraine has accelerated a shift towards crypto

First Germany, now Japan leaves pacifism behind The Ukraine crisis has shattered the country's pacifist consensus

John Bercow was not just a bully, but a failure too His was arguably the worst Speakership in history

Tuesday

08.03

International Women’s Day: contrived, commercialised and cynical Companies have outdone themselves

Kristina Murkett

Leonid Ragozin: How I got Russia wrong The Russian journalist tells Freddie Sayers why he no longer recognises his homeland

The Ukraine crisis is dividing the Balkans Serbia is struggling to maintain a balancing act between East and West

New Pfizer data kills the case for universal child Covid vaccines The real-world trial in New York yielded disappointing results

Jay Bhattacharya

America’s worst kept secret The Supreme Court is shielding the CIA over a widely reported issue

Monday

07.03

Sanctions will push Russia onto the dark web A major state actor could now legalise internet piracy and hacking

Philip Pilkington

Africa’s food crisis pre-dates the war in Ukraine Revisionists are already trying to erase the impact of Covid policy on the continent

Gerhard Schröder’s legacy will be forever tainted The ex-Chancellor's position on Russia is indefensible

Europe is still bankrolling Russia The market value of gas exported from Russia to the EU is going up

Friday

04.03

Russian sanctions bring Kazakhstan to the brink On top of existing tensions and police brutality, my country may not survive

Emmanuel Macron’s party is filled with odd-balls and misfits En Marche has many colourful characters

Banning RT is a Soviet — not western — tactic Free speech and access to information gives Europe a competitive advantage

Jacob Mchangama

Is this the end of the G20? The international club has already ceased to function

Thursday

03.03

Why India abstained on UN resolution over Ukraine Ties between the two countries go back to the Cold War

Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act won’t help trans people Today's bill is as bad as feared

Is Ukraine breaking the Geneva Convention? Publishing videos of Russian soldiers for propaganda purposes may be a breach

How the Ukraine war took over TikTok Slav-centric content was filling the video platform long before Putin's invasion

Companies race to remove any mention of Russia From cancelled meerkats to a vodka ban, home-made sanctions are everywhere

Nicholas Harris

Wednesday

02.03

Is the Russian war machine broken? Freddie Sayers asks RUSI analyst Justin Bronk why the Russian airforce is still grounded

Whatever happens in Ukraine, China will emerge the victor The crisis has accelerated the shift of power from Washington to Beijing

Marshall Auerback

The mystery of Paris’s missing Voltaire statue The explanations for the absence are becoming increasingly bizarre

In his first State of the Union, Biden punches left The President made clear overtures to the centre ground

Park MacDougald

Banning Russia Today sets a dangerous precedent It's rarely a good sign when Big Tech and Western leaders agree

Tuesday

01.03

Andreas Umland: The real nuclear threat is not from weapons Could clashes around nuclear reactors in Ukraine end in another Chernobyl?

Why Ukraine should not join the EU Accession would only further destabilise the bloc

William Nattrass

In Ireland, it’s progressives who have the real power Working in the shadows, they are using NGOs to protect elite consensus

Conor Fitzgerald

The war in Ukraine: is it really taking place? Jean Baudrillard's analysis of the 'virtual' Gulf War is more relevant than ever