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The enemy within
James Panichi
14 November 2023
How David Cameron — who returned to the British cabinet this week — fed the beast that eventually destroyed his prime ministership
Correspondents
Getting Brexit undone
Sam Freedman
20 February 2023
Voter sentiment has shifted decisively, leaving the major parties in a quandary
Correspondents
European solidarity
Klaus Neumann
3 December 2022
Our Hamburg-based correspondent scrutinises a much-used term, draws attention to deadly policies and practices, and ends on an optimistic note
International
Making sense of Meloni
James Panichi
2 November 2022
Labelling Italy’s new prime minister a fascist misses the longer-term significance of her rise to power — and some shrewd decisions since she got the job
National Affairs
When sharing isn’t caring
Adam Triggs
27 October 2021
Sovereign countries sharing the same currency, euro-style, have been a recipe for disaster. So why has the idea endured?
Essays & Reportage
In no-man’s land
Klaus Neumann
1 October 2021
The predicament of refugees at the Polish–Belarusian border evokes deportations to Poland in 1938 and a novel published in 1940
National Affairs
Scott Morrison’s climate curse hasn’t gone away
Tristan Edis
6 August 2020
Covid-19 might have rescued the Coalition from criticisms of its climate policies, but it can’t dodge them forever
Correspondents
In defence of Europe
Klaus Neumann
13 March 2020
As the European Commission swings behind Greece, signs of an alternative Europe are emerging
National Affairs
The Brexit blame game
Peter Brent
3 January 2020
Some supporters of Jeremy Corbyn think Brexit explains Labour’s defeat. But the evidence is scant
Correspondents
Echoes of revolutions past
David Hayes
31 December 2019
A dizzying 2019 ends in a Conservative upheaval with distinct traces of Tony Blair’s New Labour
Correspondents
Britain’s elusive epic
David Hayes
11 December 2019
A fragmented election campaign nears its big reveal
Correspondents
We, the establishment
David Hayes
25 September 2019
Britain’s Supreme Court overrules Queen, prime minister — and people
Correspondents
Moving fast and breaking things
Peter Browne
2 September 2019
How much damage will Boris Johnson and his circle inflict on Britain?
Correspondents
Brexitannia on edge
David Hayes
21 August 2019
Boris Johnson’s team, clutching European exit visa and election plan, flies towards the sun
Books & Arts
The elephants in Europe’s room
Simon Tormey
7 August 2019
Books
| Is more democracy the solution to the eurozone’s malaise?
Correspondents
Britain’s trapped transition
David Hayes
28 June 2019
One thing is needed before Brexit: a coherent government
Correspondents
If… A Brexit fable
David Hayes
2 April 2019
Suppose the Remainers had narrowly won the 2016 Brexit referendum. What happened next?
Correspondents
All at sea in Brexitannia
David Hayes
11 March 2019
The mutinies continue, but the endgame of Britain’s European drama could also be an opening
Correspondents
B-Day, and beyond
Peter Mares
10 December 2018
At Westminster, parliament will almost certainly vote down the British prime minister’s Brexit plan. No one knows what will happen next
Correspondents
Waving, but also drowning
Klaus Neumann
24 July 2018
The rising death toll in the Mediterranean reflects a deeper problem with European policy towards irregular migrants
Correspondents
How citizens became aliens
David Hayes
29 May 2018
The British government’s torment of West Indians links two national fixations: immigration and Europe
Books & Arts
Europe heads east, Asia heads west
Louise Merrington
16 May 2018
Books
| A former Portugese politician provides a unique perspective on the landmass that stretches from France to China
International
Has the West called Putin’s bluff?
John Besemeres
4 April 2018
The Russian president faces uncharacteristically united international opposition at the beginning of a potentially unstable final term in office
Correspondents
A break in the European clouds
James Panichi
19 September 2017
Europe is shipshape and ready for action, according to the European Union’s top official
Correspondents
Waist deep in the Brexit muddy
David Hayes
26 December 2016
Letter from London
| Britain’s divisions over Europe fester in a political swamp. But there is a way out
Correspondents
Britain’s Brexit blues
David Hayes
3 June 2016
The duel over Britain’s place in Europe is a feast of acrimony, says
David Hayes
in London
International
The EU–Turkish agreement: contracting out in order to buy time
Sebastiaan Princen
8 April 2016
The agreement with Turkey is an admission that the European Union can’t solve the refugee problem on its own, writes
Sebastiaan Princen
. Whether it will be enough…
International
Peace in our time
John Besemeres
23 March 2015
Superficially, the Minsk Two agreement promises much. But, asks
John Besemeres
, can its European signatories counter Vladimir Putin’s long-run campaign to…
Correspondents
Retreat, Britannia?
David Hayes
5 March 2015
No foreign policy, mute diplomacy and a weak military, goes the mantra. In London,
David Hayes
tests the alarm
International
Putin’s westpolitik: back to the USSR
John Besemeres
17 December 2014
The Russian president wants to restore the old empire.
John Besemeres
looks at the former Soviet republics he is pressuring to see the world his way
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