6 Aug 2020 - 1:30am

The irresistible rise of the civilisation-state Western liberalism has no answer to assertive powers that take pride in their cultural roots

Aris Roussinos

29.07

How Europe’s Last Dictator survived Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko has avoided the fate of other ex-Soviet bosses

Daniel Kalder

28.07

Is Putin loosening his grip on Russia’s regions? Protests in Khabarovsk could herald big changes to the way the nation is run

Mary Dejevsky

06.07

When will Germany get off its knees? Just when the country needs to show resolve, Merkel is being startlingly naive

Aris Roussinos

30.06

America is losing the information war With the election only five months away, the US has no idea how to defend itself against Russia

Nina Jankowicz

27.05

The truth about ‘Obamagate’ Donald Trump is turning the false allegations of Russian collusion to his advantage

Michael Tracey

07.04

How Putin subverts the past to seal his future Authoritarianism has a strong hold on the Russian psyche, fuelled by myths of a glorious history

John Lloyd

30.03

Are you a Scrabble sadist or a Cluedo nerd? A person's choice of boardgame can reveal much about their true nature

Sam Leith

21.02

How Kazakhstan’s multicultural dream turned sour Ethnic tension is flaring up in a nation that paints itself as a haven of stability in a volatile region

Joanna Lillis

31.01

Will no one resist the new totalitarianism? Some of Alastair Stewart’s friends will fight for him — but too many of us will let him simply disappear

Douglas Murray

27.12

2019: the year the West wised up to China Xi Jinping is not leading the nation on a path of slow evolution towards liberal democracy

John Gray

04.12

How Global English became a source of division The international language increasingly divides the Somewheres and Anywheres of the world

Ben Sixsmith