France’s National Front Is Dead, but Its Politics Are Alive and Well France’s National Front Is Dead, but Its Politics Are Alive and Well
Despite the failure of Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid, the party’s virulent anti-Muslim message has found a growing audience.
Jun 20, 2018 / Cécile Alduy
How a Rape Trial in Spain Ignited a Feminist Movement How a Rape Trial in Spain Ignited a Feminist Movement
Women are pushing to change the country’s narrow rape law, which requires proof that an assailant used “violence or intimidation” and often leads to a lesser sentence.
Jun 14, 2018 / Meaghan Beatley
Will an Independent Press Survive in Russia? Will an Independent Press Survive in Russia?
With journalists under attack in many forms, a new generation of truth-tellers is bringing fresh ideas to a troubled profession.
Jun 13, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Matteo Salvini’s March on Rome Matteo Salvini’s March on Rome
The head of the fearmongering, anti-immigrant Lega party has enormous power in Italy’s new government.
Jun 12, 2018 / Frederika Randall
The European Union’s Big, Unhappy Family The European Union’s Big, Unhappy Family
The UK isn’t the EU’s only “problem child.”
Jun 8, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge
How to Win a War That Never Ends How to Win a War That Never Ends
History has shown us that brutal conflicts rarely have neat and timely conclusions.
Jun 7, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich
The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit
Ten ways the new US-Russian Cold War is increasingly becoming more dangerous than the one we survived.
Jun 6, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
As Spain’s Government Is Voted Out, Catalonia Continues Its Roller-Coaster Ride As Spain’s Government Is Voted Out, Catalonia Continues Its Roller-Coaster Ride
The Socialist Pedro Sánchez will replace conservative Mariano Rajoy, amid a sea of corruption. But the Catalan conflict has sown deep divisions among those who just ousted Rajoy. &...
Jun 1, 2018 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
How Greece’s Busiest Port Reveals the Perils of Privatization How Greece’s Busiest Port Reveals the Perils of Privatization
Dockworkers say the same “harsh neoliberal experiment” that reduced their wages will spread to the rest of Europe.
Jun 1, 2018 / Alexander Saeedy
Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia
Is Putin really a “pariah” and Russia “isolated from the international community”?
May 30, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen