The Messengers
A profile of a magazine and its charismatic editor embarked on “a mission of protecting India’s tradition of democracy and religious pluralism”.
The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next?
An opinion piece suggesting that the neoliberal approach to government’s time is coming to an end, and that “a space has opened up for a different, more realistic view of human nature: that humankind has evolved to cooperate.” The author recognises that what will fill that space is far from certain.
The Pillage of India
A study of two books about British military and commercial activities and eventual rule in India, by the historian William Dalrymple and the writer and serving politician Shashi Tharoor.
Golden Dawn: the rise and fall of Greece’s neo-Nazis
The alarming story of a party with overtly far right beliefs that won seats in successive Greek elections between 2012 and 2015, all while being accused of criminality of various sorts, for which many of their senior members are now on trial.
Viktor Orbán’s War on Intellect
This story posits the theory that Viktor Orbán’s assault on Central European University is part of a wider strategy of “liquidating the intelligentsia, draining the public of education, and molding a more pliant nation.”
Want to build a far-right movement? Spain’s Vox party shows how.
A look at the slickly crafted messaging and rapid rise of Spain’s far-right party Vox.
Planet Fox: How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
A mammoth, blockbuster story in three parts examining the impact of the Murdoch media empire on its primary spheres of influences – America, Britain and Australia. The piece examines the macro and the micro – from global and national political trends to the Murdoch family relationships that would influence them.
The Unbelievable Story Of The Plot Against George Soros
The story of two American political consultants who helped create attack-based campaign strategies whilst working for Netanyahu, Nixon and others. The piece focuses on how this led them to conceive an anti-George Soros campaign whilst working for Viktor Orbán in Hungary. This definitive ad hominem campaign has since been taken up in numerous other countries and adopted an increasingly virulent anti-Semitic tone.
Jamal Khashoggi’s final months as an exile in the long shadow of Saudi Arabia
An nuanced account of the murdered author’s last few months.