Bill Clinton reckons with populism
In his memoir, Citizen, the former president struggles to understand why his brand of post-New Deal American liberalism has failed.
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The new special relationship
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may together upend what remains of the current global order.
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France’s hollow Islamist reckoning
Emmanuel Carrère found a story of liberal renewal in the country’s 2015 terrorism attacks. But is it true?
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Twilight of the American elite
The revival of liberalism cannot be conducted on Trumpian terms.
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How the Democrats can win back America
The party should stop arguing for a status quo no one is happy with.
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Trump and the triumph of illiberal democracy
How Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic establishment sealed the fate of the progressive regime they sought to renew.
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Postliberalism redux
From their reaction to Trump’s victory, it’s clear that liberals have still failed to learn the lessons of 2016.
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The American election belongs to the oligarchy
Self-interested plutocrats are bankrolling both candidates.
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The implosion of centrism has left Labour in unmapped territory
The world the party expected to join when it came to power no longer exists.
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A modest proposal for the regulation of comedy
A Criminal Levity Act would place the dangerous realm of humour safely within the scope of anti-terrorism laws.
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The tragedy of progress in the developing world
Kenya and Bangladesh are doomed to walk the crooked road of history.
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How America resembles the dying Soviet Union
Like the former communist bloc, Western liberalism is slowly disintegrating.
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The Liberal Democrats’ shallow soul
Only a party with no imagination would resort to such frivolous stunts.
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Whatever happened to the language of peace?
Pope Francis is the only world leader who seems prepared to denounce war.
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Demonising white women is not feminist
Casual misogyny is flooding the mainstream under the guise of anti-racism.
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The biggest threat to freedom in the West is liberalism itself
Progressives everywhere are deploying the law to attack free speech. It is a bid for unchecked power that is galvanising…
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The narcotopian dilemma
Why liberal societies are helpless in the face of the global illegal drugs trade.
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Liberalism’s last laugh
The fate of democracy could well depend on what makes us smile.
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The Trumpian end of the liberal world order
With the former president’s return the West may finally be released from its mission impossible.
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From Bowling Alone to scrolling alone
Why loneliness is the defining political crisis in America.
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