As a journalist, he fanned the flames of Euroscepticism. As a politician, he used Brexit to advance his own ambitions. Now he is plotting a path to No 10. Source: The joke’s over – how Boris […]
In many Muslim countries, mainstream Islamist parties are taking an increasingly secular approach to politics. Yet by doing so they risk destroying the religious elements of society that created them. Source: Political Islam After the […]
The inability to tell what’s advertising and what isn’t is a problem for democracy. But it’s one that media companies are loath to tackle Source: Silicon Valley helped Russia sway the US election. So now […]
RUSSIA’S meddling in Scottish political affairs was “discovered by accident”, sources close to the US investigation revealed last night. Source: Russia’s meddling in Scottish politics ‘discovered by accident’
In politics, there is no shame in compromise. Quite the contrary: When a choice must be made between a constructive bargain and ideological purity, it is always better to choose the path of unity, however […]
The charges filed against a Trump aide shocked the US – but also shed new light on the complex connections that link Russia to Brexit and the Foreign Office Source: Brexit, the ministers, the professor […]
Kremlin-inspired interference is about much more than skewed elections. It’s the world of mind control imagined by George Orwell, says Guardian columnist Natalie Nougayrède Source: Beware: this Russian cyber warfare threatens every democracy | Natalie […]
Elisabeth Braw is all excited about Poland’s armed forces and thinks that democracy should not be an issue for Europe in order to take advantage of Poland’s military potential, ignoring the troubling links between Polish […]
Why House investigators think this company might have helped Russia spread fake news. Source: Cambridge Analytica, the shady data firm that might be a key Trump-Russia link, explained – Vox
Stephen Kotkin tells the story of the fateful night in 1941 when, after years of mutual nonaggression, Germany finally attacked the Soviet Union. Source: When Stalin Faced Hitler | Foreign Affairs
In most of Europe, the anniversary of the start of World War II was little more than a historical curio. But in Poland, the place where the conflict began, September 1, 1939 still casts a […]
In 1932 and 1933, millions died across the Soviet Union—and the foreign press corps helped cover up the catastrophe. Source: How Stalin Hid Ukraine’s Famine From the World – The Atlantic
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