New South Korean president will tilt Seoul closer to the US
Yoon Suk-yeol wants to take a harder line on China and North Korea.
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Will Vladimir Putin declare war on 9 May?
Fears are rising that the Russian president will use the annual Victory Day holiday to escalate his offensive in Ukraine,…
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How the world’s dictators are rewriting the past in order to control the future
Authoritarian leaders in Russia, China and North Korea are using distorted historical narratives to justify wars and control citizens.
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The strange allure of the strongman leader
Authoritarians and autocrats continue to flourish despite a long parade of inadequacy. Can liberal democracy strike back?
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The 1990s promised a new era of peace, but it was an illusion from the start
After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Europe was lulled into a false belief that the horrors of the 20th…
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Why Putin’s war in Ukraine turned into a military disaster
The Russian president is a prisoner of his own delusions – and the similarities with Hitler are hard to ignore.
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Anthony Barnett’s Diary: A frog eat frog world, progress in American politics, and Zelensky’s comic timing
I’m confident that Ukrainians will liberate their country: a state that has undergone a national revolution cannot be defeated.
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Vladimir Putin’s war of delusions
The Russian president is a prisoner of his own deadly misconceptions – and the echoes of Hitler are hard to…
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