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Russia’s democratic institutions have always been weak and fragile. Since becoming President in January 2000, Vladimir Putin has made them even weaker. He has systematically undercut the freedom and independence…
In a year's time, he will almost certainly have a third election victory, but he will be a leader with a potentially terminal political problem: turning around the 2:1 Euro-sceptic…
China's rise through America's eyes: "When a speeding freight train is heading towards you, you either get on board or you get out of the way. We want to get…
These young Bengalis are not just motivated by regional passions. Everywhere in the developing world people are sitting up and taking notice of the Chinese juggernaut. As a model for…
President Fox was pleased for a variety of reasons. No doubt he was hopeful that the creation of legal migration routes into the US could put a break on the…
Yet, in spite of the importance of the referendum result, the government and its allies in the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative party have kept their heads well down. It…
In America “outsourcing” has turned into one of the central political issues of the presidential campaign. Recent months have seen the sharpest ever drop in support for free trade; abuse…
The international spread of democracy began in the 1970s but came to an end in the 1990s. Why? Because with the cold war over, America's moral mission is no longer…
The top two items on the agenda of the European Council, when it meets in Brussels on 17-18 June will, of course, be the European Constitutional Treaty and the nomination…
The European Office of Amnesty International has already made its own assessment. “Is the EU now more free, secure and just as a result of the Tampere Agenda?” it asked…