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Nato’s Mark Rutte era

The Dutch politician’s ideological flexibility could be an asset to the alliance – or undermine it completely.

By Catherine De Vries

Photo of Nato’s Mark Rutte era

The myth of negotiated peace

The myth of negotiated peace

Lawrence Freedman

Israel and Hezbollah are destroying the meaning of red lines

Israel and Hezbollah are destroying the meaning of red lines

Lina Khatib

The Washington Post drama reveals the myth of Americanisation

The Washington Post drama reveals the myth of Americanisation

Finn McRedmond

Revenge of the little rocket men

Revenge of the little rocket men

Katie Stallard

US

Evangelical Christians’ Trumpian pact

Jill Filipovic

Hunter Biden is the great American failson

Sohrab Ahmari

Joe Biden doesn’t have a “left” problem. He has a Joe Biden problem

Joe Biden doesn’t have a “left” problem. He has a Joe Biden problem

Hamilton Nolan

Donald Trump, guilty but not out

Jill Filipovic

Ali Abbasi’s gift to Donald Trump at Cannes

Kara Kennedy

The unlikely alliance of Robert F Kennedy Jr and Russell Brand

Finn McRedmond

Europe

Brexit will haunt a Labour government too

Wolfgang Münchau

The Kremlin will exploit the Dagestan terror attacks

Katie Stallard

Mark Rutte's next move

Mark Rutte’s next move

Megan Gibson

A reckoning for the Parisian elite

David A Bell

Germans against the mainstream

Wolfgang Streeck

The French left is rallying against the far right

The French left is rallying against the far right

Natasha Voase

World Review Podcast

Susan Neiman: "It's not about being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine, but pro-human rights"

Susan Neiman: “It’s not about being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine, but pro-human rights”

How will elections shape the world in 2024?

How will elections shape the world in 2024?

What does it mean to be Jewish and on the left today?

What does it mean to be Jewish and on the left today?

How Russia’s war on Ukraine will change the world, with Serhii Plokhy

How Russia’s war on Ukraine will change the world, with Serhii Plokhy