Europe Can’t “Trump-Proof” Itself
Following the U.S. election, European foreign policy experts are reviving ideas about strategic autonomy from 2016. They fail to understand how much has changed in the last eight years.
Spring 2025
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Morbid Symptoms: An Interview with Ross Douthat
Can there be Trumpism without Trump?
The Battle to Frame the Defeat
Four responses to the UK’s general election.
The UK General Election: What Comes after Anti-Politics?
Three years of procedural maneuvering, bombastic rhetoric, and policy paralysis in Parliament—not only on Brexit but on everything else—have produced new depths of distrust in government in the lead-up to the election.
The UK’s Last Prime Minister?
Boris Johnson could very well become prime minister. The United Kingdom might not survive it.
Britain Divided
The political paralysis Britain is experiencing derives from the fact that the country is divided along at least two axes: left vs. right, Leave vs. Remain.
Britain’s Blindness
How did “national liberation” become a rallying cry in what was once the world’s largest empire?
Labour’s Missing Brexit Strategy
By choosing to view Brexit merely as a domestic electoral challenge, Labour risks ignoring it as an immediate, real-world test of the party’s democratic and internationalist commitments.
Disembowel Enoch Powell
Fifty years ago, British politician Enoch Powell set the template for a racist neoliberal populism that has reached its apotheosis today.
Peace on Paper
Division still rules politics in Northern Ireland. But some organizers are working to reach across the walls.
Why the Labour Party is Not in Such a Mess After All
Labour fared much better in Thursday’s election than many had predicted—myself included. But to win decisively in future, it still has work to do.
How Did Labour Do It?
Putting both the Conservatives and the pundit class to shame, Labour’s impressive gains in yesterday’s election show that a left alternative is still possible.
Why Is the Labour Party in a Mess?
Since 2015 the British Labour party has sought to distance itself from New Labour and develop its populist appeal under left-winger Jeremy Corbyn. Why hasn’t it worked?
The British Left at a Crossroads
To guarantee its relevance and survival, the British left must choose between two options for contemporary resistance and reconstruction.
[LONDON EVENT | January 4] Donald Trump, Brexit, and the Transatlantic Left
Londoners: Join Dawn Foster, Peter Mandler, Pragna Patel, and Natasha Lewis to discuss the political shocks of the past year, and how the left should respond in 2017.
