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Marine Le Pen with a concerned look on her face surrounded by a crowd of press in Paris.

A Question of Legitimacy

The Rassemblement National was thwarted by a coalition of convenience, but it remains the party with the largest grip on French voters.

John Lloyd

12 Jul 2024 · 10 min read

Cosmopolis or Bust?

In order to function, a cosmopolis must embrace both toleration and the rule of law.

Joel Kotkin

5 Mar 2024 · 10 min read

Narratives, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Government data about German antisemitism, widely cited in the English-language press, is wrong.

Andrew Hammel

13 Feb 2024 · 12 min read

Is the CRISPR Revolution Finally Coming to Europe?

The European Parliament has at last voted to make it easier to grow and consume genetically engineered food. But the road ahead remains bumpy.

Steven E. Cerier / Jon Entine

12 Feb 2024 · 13 min read

Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare

In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror.

Jonathan Kay

6 Jan 2024 · 15 min read

The New Normal?

Election results in the Netherlands and Argentina provide evidence of the vigour and variety of the New Right and its global reach.

John Lloyd

27 Nov 2023 · 6 min read

Mind the Gap

If he is to reunite Poland, Donald Tusk will have to balance his strong support for the EU with citizens’ legitimate concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty.

John Lloyd

21 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

The Immigration Conundrum

Migration from the developing world to the West will continue until and unless international development can improve the societies people are leaving.

John Lloyd

19 Sep 2023 · 9 min read

Rise of the Goths

In the inaugural instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman introduces readers to the Gothic civilization that would eventually help bring down the Roman Empire.

Herbert Bushman

31 Aug 2023 · 18 min read

Will Britain Get a New Right Party?

If the Conservative Party slumps to defeat in next year’s election, Britain could see the rise of a populist alternative.

John Lloyd

23 Aug 2023 · 9 min read

The Threat of Decivilisation

During a recent dinner at the Élysée Palace, the French president was confronted with the possibility that France is slipping into murderous anarchy.

John Lloyd

10 Jun 2023 · 9 min read

The New Right’s Political Insurgency

Liberals have been slow to understand the frustrations fuelling the rise of the New Right.

John Lloyd

27 May 2023 · 8 min read

The Battle of Sainte-Soline

The events at Sainte-Soline have received less attention from the international media than the pension-reform protests, but they are arguably more consequential.

Robert Zaretsky

12 Apr 2023 · 6 min read

Ukraine’s Verdun

It is not just Western officials who worry that Zelensky’s determination to defend Bakhmut at all costs will cripple his army’s effectiveness.

Robert Zaretsky

17 Feb 2023 · 5 min read

The Politics To Come

How will the rise of the New Right change Europe?

John Lloyd

26 Nov 2022 · 12 min read