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Ian Dunt / September 22, 2017
Brexit was not a rejection of British decline, but of British success
Denis MacShane / September 21, 2017
A reformed, nimble economy could allow France to capitalise on Brexit—and cement a...
Philip Seargeant / September 21, 2017
From their chinos-and-polo-shirt uniform to the "okay" emoji, America's so-called...
Kit Caless / September 21, 2017
His last book, on work, addressed capitalism's velvet glove. Now, says Fleming, the...
Jay Elwes / September 20, 2017
Either there is evidence of collusion, or the United States has undertaken a lengthy...
Alex Dean / September 20, 2017
The Lib Dem MP and former energy secretary on the lies of the Brexiteers—and how he...
Features
Rachel Sylvester / September 14, 2017
Earlier this year, she declined to run for leadership of the Liberal Democrats. But...
Philip Collins / September 14, 2017
The Brexit bunch would shudder to admit it—but they are following a decidedly French...
Prospect Team, Illustrated by Mat Roff / September 13, 2017
Is there a route the UK could follow which ends in ongoing EU membership? Our graphic...
Diane Roberts / September 13, 2017
For good and ill, the US has always believed it is an exceptional nation. Not any more
Gaby Hinsliff / September 13, 2017
A pro-European among Brexiteers and a liberal at the Home Office, Amber Rudd has shown...
Tom Fletcher / September 13, 2017
UN Secretary General António Guterres is everything the American president is not. But...
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Prospect Team / September 13, 2017
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Tom Clark / September 13, 2017
In this month's podcast, Tom Clark and guests ask what makes a political leader
Prospect Team / September 12, 2017
Classical historian Mary Beard answers Prospect's "Brief Encounter" questions—and tells...
Stephen Collins / August 31, 2017
Archive
Forget ideas: elections are about leadership. Plus, how Brexit could be reversed—and why Stephen King's novels don't work on screen
How Charles III could bring down the monarchy. Also: Jesse Norman goes back to the Enlightenment's Scottish roots, while Nick Cohen gives up booze
Ten years since its first tremors began to convulse global markets, Adam Tooze writes on the secret history of the Great Financial Crash. Also: do universities do any good?
All shook up: the election confounded expectations and transformed UK politics. Rachel Sylvester and Steve Richards ask how the winner lost and the loser won. Also: are we ready for President Pence?