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Donald Trump: The Gangster in the White House
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 9 September 2026 There is a persistent tendency amongst Donald Trump’s opponents to describe him as […]
Ukraine 2036: The European Power the War Created
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 9 September 2026 Wars have a peculiar habit of creating countries different from those that entered […]
Freedom Friends: The Small Institutions That Keep Ukraine Fighting
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 9 September 2026 There is a temptation, after more than four years of full-scale war, to […]
Will Humans Lose Control of Money?
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 9 September 2026 Money is amongst the most peculiar of human inventions, because almost nothing about […]
The Peace Ukraine Can Live With
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 9 September 2026 There is an uncomfortable truth about peace negotiations that Ukrainians understand better than […]
The AfD Earthquake in Saxony-Anhalt: Has Germany’s Political Centre Finally Broken?
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 9 September 2026 Something extraordinary happened in Germany on Sunday, 6 September 2026. It was not […]
India Arrives: The Emergence of a New Great Power
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 8 September 2026 There is a peculiar habit in international affairs of describing India as a […]
Has Ukraine liberated Kupiansk?
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 8 September 2026 There are places in war whose importance eventually exceeds their size. They acquire […]
Tightening the Vice: How the West Could Bring Russia to the Negotiating Table
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 8 September 2026 Sanctions have acquired a peculiar reputation during the Ukraine war. Whenever they fail […]
Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
By Matthew Parish Tuesday 8 September 2026 Power is one of those concepts that everybody understands until they are asked […]
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