• May 20 2024
  Gideon Rachman

  A crushing blow for Israel and a massive gamble by the ICC

  The question of how the US responds to this now becomes critical

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• May 20 2024
  Andrew England

  Raisi’s death deals blow to Iranian regime

  Hardline cleric was seen as integral to republic’s succession plan

  
• April 29 2024
  Robert Shrimsley

  Political gravity catches up with the SNP

  Humza Yousaf played a bad hand dreadfully but a reckoning for the party was unavoidable

  
• April 20 2024
  Peter Spiegel

  Coalition government, American style

  The centre held to pass $60bn in US military aid to Ukraine. Don’t count on it happening again.

  
• March 19 2024
  Robin Harding

  The big test is yet to come for the BoJ

  Milestone return to positive interest rates is only the beginning

  
• March 8 2024
  Edward Luce

  Biden just kicked off his re-election campaign

  President’s feisty display ought to end speculation that he might still consider stepping down

  
• March 6 2024
  Peter Spiegel

  The mystery of the ‘secret non-Trump voter’

  The former US president continued to underperform the pollsters’ predictions on Super Tuesday

  
• February 25 2024
  Edward Luce

  Why is Nikki Haley still running?

  Former South Carolina governor boosts her brand by standing alone against Donald Trump in the Republican party

  
• January 26 2024
  Simon Kuper

  Jürgen Klopp’s departure holds lessons for leaders everywhere

  The Liverpool manager is a gifted motivator who knows how to delegate

  
• January 24 2024
  Peter Spiegel

  Biden is getting the opponent he wants. Is he wrong?

  The president’s eagerness to face Trump is morally ambiguous and strategically short-sighted

  
• January 16 2024
  Edward Luce

  Iowa rarely predicts a winner but Trump may be the exception

  Unless Nikki Haley reverses course and attacks the ex-president, the nomination race might be over

  
• December 20 2023
  Peter Spiegel

  Law must ignore the political hand-wringing around Trump

  Colorado’s supreme court move may have actually helped the ex-president politically. But that can’t matter

  
• December 15 2023
  Ben Hall

  With Ukraine the EU is learning to be a strategic power

  The green light to accession talks shows the bloc is learning to be a strategic power despite failure on aid

  
• November 23 2023
  Tony Barber

  Far-right Dutch victory puts European liberal democracy on defensive

  Geert Wilders’ success will make it harder for EU to forge common stances on migration, Ukraine and enlargement

  
• November 20 2023
  Michael Stott

  Argentina’s Milei faces enormous hurdles to govern

  Lack of congressional majority and dire economic problems pose huge challenge for insurgent president-elect

  
• November 15 2023
  David Allen Green

  The Supreme Court’s decision on the Rwanda policy is remarkable

  Under Lord Reed, the court has previously been content to leave matters of policy to the executive and legislature

  
• November 13 2023
  Robert Shrimsley

  Sunak reshuffle shows a government running on empty

  The prime minister picks a fight with the right as the pragmatists return

  
• October 23 2023
  Michael Stott

  Surprise win shows Peronism’s remarkable resilience

  If Sergio Massa can avoid crashing the economy after defeating insurgent Javier Milei in first-round voting, he may yet pull Argentina out of crisis

  
• October 16 2023
  Ben Hall

  Poland’s democratic health appears better than many feared

  Despite the best efforts of PiS, this weekend’s election looks set to give Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform a route to power

  
• October 13 2023
  Gideon Rachman

  Western diplomats are walking an impossible tightrope with Israel

  Both European and American officials are attempting to juggle support with calls for restraint

  
• September 21 2023
  Matthew Garrahan

  Lachlan’s accession won’t put an end to Murdoch family strife

  The way outgoing patriarch Rupert has structured ownership of his assets means the story is not yet over

  
• September 20 2023
  Camilla Cavendish

  Cynicism about Sunak’s net zero U-turns is understandable

  Successive leaders have failed to level with voters on the costs of the green transition

  
• August 24 2023
  Edward Luce

  A Republican debate that will change nothing

  Donald Trump’s rivals needed to make him less relevant or take him down but they did neither

  
• August 2 2023
  Gideon Rachman

  Trump and American democracy’s time of trial

  The US political system will come under huge pressure over the coming year

  
• July 11 2023
  Matthew Garrahan

  The BBC’s coverage of their suspended star is a mistake

  If they are going to lead every news bulletin with the story, then why hasn’t the presenter been named?