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A running commentary on politics, international affairs and culture
Elections in Hungary and Peru: One Out, One In?
As one autocrat is deposed, another often pops up somewhere else. While we can celebrate Orbán’s, Peru’s democratic crisis might be getting worse.
Desperate Center-Left Looking to Cynical Sánchez
A center-left that is scared and desperate will look to ever more demagogic alternatives to save them.
Why Is Erdoğan Being So Pragmatic?
The welcome news of Tufan Erhürman’s landslide electoral victory in unrecognized Northern Cyprus marks a significant step toward ending one of Europe’s longstanding conflicts. But why is the Turkish president congratulating him?
When You Make Yourself the Pariah
Spanish president Pedro Sánchez's latest attempts to hold his feeble left-wing coalition together has come with a diplomatic spat with Israel….
Libya and Unfinished Business
The NATO intervention to help rebels depose Gaddafi has had lasting consequence, not least the rise of terrorism and Russian influence in Africa.