A collection of 57 posts
The new European commitment to defence and Russia’s unshakeable wish to control Ukraine have revived an awareness that war is something with which comfortable and relatively wealthy states may still have to live.
Israel’s experience in Gaza provides a sobering preview of what high-intensity urban warfare can entail, and how modern militaries must evolve to achieve decisive and ethical victories in any future conflict.
The strong will do what they can and the weak will suffer what they must.
The debate about Rickard Andersson’s killing spree has been informed by an unhealthy discourse about race and immigration in Sweden.
After three punishing years of war, the Trump administration is preparing to reduce a ravaged country to the status of US protectorate.
In Central and Eastern Europe, the more extreme wing of the continent’s radical Right is gaining ground.
European leaders are struggling to cope with the multiple crises now facing the beleaguered continent.
Some leaders in Europe may resist a new alliance with Trump’s America, but in a world dominated by bullies, sharp elbows and unpredictability may be what the times demand.
The future is unwritten, and a future of space cooperation and peaceful settlement remains possible.
The president-elect’s arrival in the White House will likely galvanise the European New Right and doom the Ukrainian resistance.
Lale Gül’s autobiographical novel about a young Muslim woman living in the Netherlands has led to death threats and ostracism. But it is a work of admirable intelligence and courage.
In a forthcoming book, Lyndal Roper argues that the German Peasants’ War of 1524–25 was a missed opportunity to enshrine a Christian theology centred on equality and brotherhood.
In a new book on the history of communism, Sean McMeekin traces the movement’s roots to egalitarian creeds embraced throughout history by prophets, philosophers, utopians, and serfs.
Liberalising trends within Islam are facing resistance from radicals committed to a narrative of victimhood and grievance.
Only when we understand the fragility of liberal democracy will we be properly motivated to defend it.