Voluntarismo
The will to power
Voluntarismo flourishes in times of cynicism about politics
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Morals before wealth
250 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, an earlier work remains the key to understanding it.
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common