- — France: the case for a strategic compass reset
- Rarely has the world been as combustible and dangerous as it is today. Conflicts are experienced as existential and the risk of them becoming global is high. But world war is not inevitable – and France has a key role to play in preventing it. - 2024/06 / article
- — Elite sports versus the pull of the sofa
- This summer Paris hosts the Olympic Games, billed as the biggest event ever organised in France, followed by the Paralympics. Will they inspire people to get off the sofa and put on their running shoes? - 2024/05 / article
- — Russia won't be China's vassal
- Western governments believe Russia will pay for its aggression with increased dependence on China. But is that really the case? - 2024/03 / article
- — July: the longer view
- The month's archives - 2020/07 / perspective
- — Gaza war: politicians vs UK public
- Britain's Labour party has refused to unequivocally condemn Israel's bombing of Gaza while the Tory right has used the war to stoke domestic divisions. - 2024/05 / article
- — Israel in the dock over genocide charge
- The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take ‘all measures within its power' to prevent genocide and further bloodshed in its military operation in Gaza. The case was brought by South Africa. - 2024/02 / article
- — Masoud Pezeshkian's election: a reprieve for the Iranian regime
- The election of Masoud Pezeshkian, portrayed by the government as a ‘reformist', has to some extent pacified Iranians and the Mahsa protests, but this effect remains limited. - Outside in / Comment
- — Curtail free speech? ‘Oh yes we can'
- In January 2015, just before the massive demonstrations in solidarity with murdered Charlie Hebdo journalists, cartoonist Luz wondered, ‘In a year, what will remain of this progressive impulse for freedom of expression?' - 2024/06 / article
- — Italy: Giorgia Meloni's cultural takeover
- Giorgia Meloni strengthened her party's position in the recent EU election. That's more bad news for Italy's cultural sector, where top jobs are going to political figures eager to rewrite the country's past. - 2024/07 / article
- — Going where the mainstream media fear to tread
- Anyone with a smartphone can shoot video. In France, police violence at demonstrations motivated a wave of citizen journalists to document scenes of brutality that the mainstream media will pay for. - 2024/07 / article
- — The rise of the content farm
- Downsizing, outsourcing – instead of properly funded and researched reporting, ‘content' is churned out to chase clicks. - 2024/07 / article
- — Russia: why the sanctions failed to bite
- The West badly over-estimated the impact of its sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine. Perversely, sanctions have functioned as a kind of externally imposed protectionism and boosted Russia's growth. - 2024/07 / article
- — Armenia, Gaza and the bitter ironies of history
- A century ago, a dying Ottoman empire sought to renew itself by exterminating its Armenian population. This attempt at nation-building through violence has parallels with Israel's current assault on Gaza - 2024/07 / article
- — What's in a word?
- Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term ‘genocide' in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. The year was 1944, and the world was beginning to grasp the scale and nature of Nazi ‘exterminationism'. The compounds that make up the word genocide come from the Greek word genos, meaning ‘race' or ‘tribe', and ‘-cide' from the Latin caedere, meaning ‘to slaughter, to kill'. It was elevated to an international war crime by the UN General Assembly in 1946. The UN Convention on the Prevention and (...) - 2024/07 / article, 2024/07 gaza
- — International law weighs in on Gaza
- The war in Gaza has taken international law into uncharted territory: with charges of genocide against a democratic state and of war crimes against its prime minister, two competing views of the rule of law. - 2024/07 / article, 2024/07 gaza
- — Taliban struggle to meet Afghans' needs
- After Western troops left almost two years ago, Afghan assets were frozen and foreign aid dried up. The Taliban have prioritised international recognition over good governance and running a functional state. - 2024/07 / article
- — The UN, an organisation close to breaking point?
- UN secretary-general António Guterres conceived the upcoming Summit of the Future as an opportunity for visionary thinking about our global future. But member states have far more pressing concerns. - 2024/07 / article
- — A second term for Ursula von der Leyen
- In her first term, Ursula von der Leyen enhanced the status and influence of the EU presidency, making her one of the most powerful politicians in Europe. What will she do with that power now? - 2024/07 / article
- — Far right prospers where the state turns its back
- The widening chasm in French politics is less between thriving cities and struggling countryside than between those doing well and those who feel the state only makes their lives harder. - 2024/07 / article
- — Macron's foreign policy missteps
- Macron likes to cut an imposing figure on the international stage, but his foreign policy is littered with misadventures. - 2024/07 / article, 2024/07 French parliamentary election
- — French politics, it's come to this
- Emmanuel Macron's snap election aimed to raise fears of a far-right victory to shock the electorate back into line. A dangerous gamble when so many voters feel only the RN cares about their problems. - 2024/07 / article, 2024/07 French parliamentary election
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