The myth it fuels is not that empire can return, but that it hardly mattered in the first place

The senator from Massachusetts has long championed ordinary citizens against corporate interests. Now she’s running for president

Air pollution is even worse in India than in China 

The hospitality offered by Hungary to a convicted criminal, and the failure of EU officials to speak in one voice, will inevitably decrease the appeal of the pro-European narrative

Images of apparent police brutality are fanning the flames of radicalisation as the movement spreads. As armoured vehicles are deployed in Paris, things could heat up further

Forget Watergate. In the second half of Trump’s term, there are other lessons he could learn from the Nixon years. Like reaching out across the centre-ground to strike deals—and do something...

He didn’t listen to advice after the election any more than he did before it. Now, French unrest has spread from fuel tax anger into something much bigger

The true lesson of the midterms is that Republicans can no longer rely on states of the old Confederacy for unqualified support

Hundreds of Britons work in the European institutions—what happens to them post-Brexit? 

The world is changing but Britain still has an important role to play