Comment In its pursuit of Russian regime change, the West is doomed to repeat the errors of the Iraq War A new generation of liberal hawks views Ukraine as the pivotal battlefield in a global struggle for democracy. By John Gray
The delusions that bind communism and liberalism The self-deception that fuelled Bolshevism did not die with the end of the Cold War: it persists in Western… By John Gray
The dangerous conceits of the green revolution The climate emergency requires serious politics – not bourgeois protests that block traffic and vandalise works of art. By John Gray
The fall of Liz Truss will not bring calm but rather a new period of conflict The Conservatives know they have no solution for Britain’s worsening crises and yearn for release from the burden of… By John Gray
The Passenger: The phantom world of Cormac McCarthy In The Passenger, his first novel for 16 years, the great American writer offers a study of living without… By John Gray
Adam Curtis’s magic lantern through Russia The documentary-maker’s new series shows how a country traumatised by the failures of communism and capitalism ended up with… By John Gray
What the Huxleys got wrong Aldous, Julian and Thomas saw themselves as arbiters of the good life – but they fell prey to prejudice… By John Gray
The coming autumn crisis The new government faces a national emergency. If it responds accordingly, the Conservatives could yet remain in power. By John Gray
Nietzsche before the breakdown In the 1880s, the ailing philosopher prophesied the West’s violent decline – but not even he could prevent it. By John Gray