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American hubris

December 9, 2022

The US is addicted to greatness – and haunted by its loss. Great powers, both past and present, are haunted by three interconnected preoccupations: they

Bruno Latour and the philosophy of life: For the late French intellectual in an age of ecological crisis it was crucial to understand ourselves as rooted beings.

October 17, 2022

As Bruno Latour confided to Le Monde earlier this year in one of his final interviews, philosophy was his great intellectual love. But across his

As good as gold: How the dollar has ruled the global economy no matter the crisis at home.

October 13, 2022

The dollar is king. This year the strength of the US currency has humbled the yen, the euro and the pound sterling. US interest rates

The second coming of Nato

May 18, 2022

In November 2019, from the salon doré of the Élysée Palace, where Charles de Gaulle once held court, Emmanuel Macron warned his fellow Europeans that

After the Zeitenwende: Jürgen Habermas and Germany’s new identity crisis

May 12, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has upended world politics and nowhere more so than in Germany. Addressing an emergency session of the Bundestag on 27

Does Ukraine need a Marshall Plan?

April 21, 2022

Amid the twisted girders, ruined walls and underground tunnels of the Azovstal plant, Ukraine’s defenders are making their last stand in the siege of Mariupol.

War at the end of history

April 6, 2022

Will Putin’s invasion of Ukraine lead to a new world order, or an era of grinding compromise? It was the French Revolution that defined the

John Mearsheimer and the dark origins of realism

March 8, 2022

Rage aimed at the eminent international relations scholar reflects liberal frustration over the West’s limited power to prevent Russia’s war in Ukraine. “Why is Ukraine

The world is at financial war

March 2, 2022

The freezing of Russia’s central bank reserves has brought conflict to the heart of the international monetary system. Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion has changed

The Nord Stream 2 saga is not over

February 23, 2022

It may be an embarrassment now, but with $11bn spent you would be brave to bet against the pipeline eventually carrying Russian gas to the

Why inflation and the cost-of-living crisis won’t take us back to the 1970s

February 4, 2022

Surging energy prices force us to confront the suffering caused by inflation and our uncertain future. But a new wage-price spiral is still unlikely. Prices

Can Europe tame pandemonium?

January 25, 2022

Covid-19 brought the EU together — the crisis in Ukraine may now tear it apart. As 2022 begins, Europe presents a Janus face. In the

Why the so-called “energy crisis” is both a threat and an opportunity

October 27, 2021

This is a moment to accelerate the transition towards net zero, not to retreat. When it comes to the politics of energy and the climate

The new age of American power

September 9, 2021

Despite forecasts of decline following the Afghanistan withdrawal, the US military is planning another century of global domination. In August 2021, the dismaying scenes at

Does the world need to learn to live with China? with World Review from the New Statesman

July 30, 2021

Historian and economist Adam Tooze joins Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC to talk about his New Statesman cover story on

Why there is no solution to our age of crisis without China

July 21, 2021

For decades, the West has ignored the significance of China’s rise – but we must recognise that it will be instrumental in all our futures

America’s race to net zero

April 21, 2021

Does Joe Biden’s climate plan go far enough? On 22-23 April the Biden administration is hosting a global climate summit to mark Earth Day, named

Politics for the end of the world

April 1, 2020

History right now shifts with dizzying speed. Anatol Lieven’s new book is about climate change and the nation state. Lieven wants us to think about

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