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A Better Way to Save American Democracy

Donald Trump has spent his brief political career assaulting the norms and institutions that sustain American democracy, from his attacks on the judiciary to his ongoing effort to discredit the…

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Why Becoming a Vegetarian is not the Best Way to Save Animals

The modern animal rights movement is closely tied to vegetarianism and veganism. For many people, changing one’s diet appears the most natural and sensible way to benefit animals. Often, this…

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Revolutionising the News

In this episode of our Two for Tea podcast, editor-in-chief Iona Italia talks to news junkie, entrepreneur and free speech aficionado Arjun Moorthy about his venture The Factual, which provides news to…

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10 min

White People and the Conversation About Race

It is always saddening when reasonable, thoughtful people fail to understand each other’s point of view in important conversations. It is even more unfortunate when they fail to respect each…

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Direct Cash Aid to Palestinians Would Be a Win-Win

It would benefit both Israel and Palestine if people could donate to a non-profit programme that made direct, unconditional cash payments to impoverished Palestinians living in the Palestinian territories. The…

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Why Covid Did Not Spell the End of Globalisation

Probably the most common prediction about the world during the Covid pandemic was that this was the end of the era of globalization. The world as we knew it before…

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13 min

Aleksandr Dugin and the Perils of Postmodern Ethnonationalism

Millions of ordinary Germans believed in the compelling narrative that Hitler was unifying the true German Volk under one national umbrella. From Austria to Poland, his land-grabs were justified by…

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9 min

Misunderstanding the History of US-Philippine Relations

There are complicated but long-standing ties between the Southeast Asian nation of the Philippines and its former colonizer the United States, despite the history of conflict between the two nations.

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7 min

The Progressive Case for NATO

In response to the tensions inflamed by the massing of Russian troops on their border with Ukraine, on 14 February the UK Labour Party’s youth wing tweeted a statement calling…

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6 min

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Ukraine: Why Aren’t We Talking about the UN?

Given how the Ukraine crisis is being discussed in the media at the moment—to say nothing of political and military circles—you’d be forgiven for thinking the UN doesn’t exist. All…

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Putin’s London People: Dirty Russian Money in the UK

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has united liberal, democratic nations in a way few thought possible. And there is now a growing effort to erode support for the Russian president…

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7 min

Sympathy for the Devil

One unavoidable rite of passage for children growing up in Singapore is a trip to the Haw Par Villa. Built by the brothers who invented Tiger Balm, the main attraction…

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9 min

Practical Politics: Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht’s Bigger Than Bernie

When we comment on a political movement, we should avoid depicting it either as destined for victory—a noble upswelling of the common people against the forces of evil—or as destined…

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Germany’s Dependence on Russian Energy

Russia’s war in Ukraine means that Germany’s much-lauded Energiewende (energy turnaround) policy has now created a triple crisis. First, having closed perfectly functioning zero-carbon nuclear power plants—instead of carbon-heavy coal…

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6 min

The Propaganda War over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin, who has been a tyrant for decades, is at last facing unified global resistance: the UN general assembly voted 141 to 5, with 35 abstentions, to demand that…

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Living Through the Plague: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

In the latest episode of our podcast, Two for Tea, editor-in-chief Iona Italia talks to epidemiologist, sociologist and doctor Nicholas Christakis about what he calls “the end of the beginning” of…

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Putin’s Pointless War

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been in the making for a long time. It’s a reverberation from the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago and the fall…

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A Better Way to Save American Democracy

Why Becoming a Vegetarian is not the Best Way to Save Animals

Revolutionising the News

White People and the Conversation About Race

Direct Cash Aid to Palestinians Would Be a Win-Win

Why Covid Did Not Spell the End of Globalisation

Aleksandr Dugin and the Perils of Postmodern Ethnonationalism

Misunderstanding the History of US-Philippine Relations

The Progressive Case for NATO

Ukraine: Why Aren’t We Talking about the UN?

Putin’s London People: Dirty Russian Money in the UK

Sympathy for the Devil

Practical Politics: Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht’s Bigger Than Bernie

Germany’s Dependence on Russian Energy

The Propaganda War over Ukraine

Living Through the Plague: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

Putin’s Pointless War

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