The New Age of Tragedy
Great-power rivalry, resource scarcity and the crumbling of the liberal rules-based order.
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Helen Thompson is a politics professor and a contributing writer to the New Statesman.
Great-power rivalry, resource scarcity and the crumbling of the liberal rules-based order.
By Robert D Kaplan, John Gray and Helen ThompsonFiscally, it would be a terrible time for the country to lose Mario Draghi – another election would only…
By Helen ThompsonFor the first time in decades, Western politicians are asking people to forfeit for the greater good – and…
By Helen ThompsonRussia’s exports to Eurasia are so great, its resource power won’t be dented by sanctions imposed only by the…
By Helen ThompsonSoaring energy and food prices mean inflation is rising globally – and it will only come down if banks…
By Helen ThompsonAfter the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Europe was lulled into a false belief that the horrors of the…
By Helen ThompsonThe war in Ukraine might well force Moscow to bid for new fossil-fuel trading partners – but Beijing’s geopolitical…
By Helen ThompsonVladimir Putin’s war is transforming an array of old arguments among the Western allies – over Russia and Turkey,…
By Helen ThompsonThe West's failure to comprehend Russian geopolitical power in the age of nuclear weapons has resulted in tragedy.
By Helen Thompson