Tom Jones

Baudrillard warned that politics would become a world of signs detached from reality. Manchesterism suggests he was right.

Removing Gavin Barwell sends a message, but Badenoch should go much further

Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses

After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders

Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes

The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier

Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war

Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation

A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness

Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile