Democracy & State > Europe
Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
Turning the tide
18 Apr 2024
Ukraine’s summer 2023 offensive was a complete failure and Russia now appears to be making tactical gains. But Kyiv is not going to be a pushover, writes Eddie Ford
Gaza and militarisation
11 Apr 2024
Toby Abse reports on the links between Italian universities and Israel’s war machine. Inevitably anyone who dares protest is branded an anti-Semite by the rightwing media
Notes on the war
04 Apr 2024
At this particular juncture the west’s proxy finds itself on the back foot, says Jack Conrad. Doubtless that explains why Donald Tusk is warning Russia that a wider war in Europe is “a real threat”
Navalny’s sticky end
22 Feb 2024
Paul Demarty looks at the death of a persistent critic and irritant to Vladimir Putin and the FSB regime ... and a hero of the west, who showed undoubted courage in the face of cruel persecution
Notes on the war
22 Feb 2024
After two years of battlefield carnage there is stalemate. Jack Conrad calls for the left to break from social-pacifism and centrism
Whitewashing Marine Le Pen
07 Dec 2023
Italy and Giorgia Meloni provide the model. David Broder asks what lies behind the ‘mainstreaming’ of the far right
Nigel’s next adventure
23 Nov 2023
However he gets on in the jungle, Nigel Farage is far from done with frontline politics, writes Paul Demarty
Investigations drag on and on
21 Sep 2023
We all know who did it … and it was not Russia. Daniel Lazare looks at how the right is gaining traction from telling an evident truth
Their fantasy, our nightmare
20 Jul 2023
Ukraine’s offensive is getting nowhere and when a compromise is eventually reached Zelensky will be in deep trouble, argues Daniel Lazare
Notes on the war
29 Jun 2023
Putin is in real trouble - the Wagnerite rebellion testifies to political, military and strategic failure, argues Jack Conrad
Meloni’s antecedents
01 Jun 2023
Toby Abse reviews David Broder Mussolini’s grandchildren: fascism in contemporary Italy Pluto Press 2023, pp240, £17.99
Same old road
25 May 2023
Do not expect any radical shift, particularly on foreign policy, under a Sinn Féin-led government, warns Anne McShane
Notes on the war
25 May 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin maintains that every centimetre of Bakhmut has been taken, but Ukraine’s much heralded spring offensive is still to come. Jack Conrad looks at the military and political situation
Now it’s Ukrainians
09 Mar 2023
The Nord Stream story continues to grow ever more complex and strange. Daniel Lazare attempts to cut through the confusion
Bakhmut is hell on earth
09 Mar 2023
Both sides seem determined to send ever greater numbers into the human meat-grinder. The battle owes more to symbolism than strategic calculation, writes Eddie Ford