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Black Sea ceasefire is a potential win for Putin
A ceasefire in the Black Sea gives Russia’s embattled naval forces space to breathe, and allows Putin to continue changing facts on the ground in Kursk…
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Jack Dickens
Trump and the perilous politics of presidential portraits
Trump takes a proprietorial view of his own image. He sells pictures of himself which he likes and spurns those he does not like, even if it means…
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Adam Boulton
Will Carney’s Canadian election gamble pay off?
The Canadian Prime Minister is likely to wage a campaign centred on the twin threats of tariffs and Trump.
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Jack Dickens
How passive investment and private equity created a new financial revolution
While private investors have shifted towards passive investment, institutions, such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, have become more active…
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Ian Stewart
Rachel Reeves is running out of road
The disastrous tax raid on business killed confidence and has landed the Chancellor - and the rest of us - in trouble.
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Iain Martin
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Heathrow shutdown exposes the UK’s fragile infrastructure
Disruption to Britain's largest international airport will raise serious questions about the vulnerability of the country’s vital infrastructure.
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Jack Dickens
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Lost boys: Adolescence debate misses the point
It is common to lament the role played by social media in corrupting young boys and men. Far harder to confront is the fact that so much of our culture…
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Patrick Barrow
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Streeting is right to challenge the mental health bandwagon
Greater openness about our mental wellbeing is to be welcomed, but the dilution of what it means to be mentally ill risks trivialising the plight of…
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Jenny Hjul
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Why you must see this stunningly moving film portrayal of Verdi’s La Traviata
Filmed opera should be approached as a compliment to the classic staged performances, not as a replacement. That said, OperaGlass Works is building a…
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Gerald Malone
Trump’s geopolitical gambit to restore relations with Russia
The MAGA foreign policy elite fantasises about prising Putin’s Russia away from its alliance with China, but there’s a long way to go before that could…
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Tim Marshall
Is Macron moving out of lame duck territory?
The French president is enjoying a revival as a result of his robust response to the Trump administration.
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Jack Dickens
Germany’s undemocratic debt reforms won’t salvage European security
On the pretext of defending democracy, Germany’s establishment parties have run roughshod over democratic principles.
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Gerald Warner
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