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The Cannes film festival is not a pretty view
The selection at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival holds up a mirror to a world in crisis.
Agnès Poirier
May 22, 2025
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Notebooks are snapshots from our writers, reflecting on current affairs and underappreciated aspects of culture and history.
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Mrs Dalloway’s war wounds
In her masterpiece, Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf skewered the tendency to deny the truths that cause grief, a lesson that resonates in the post-Covid era.
Lizzie Hibbert
May 22, 2025
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The high price of Trump’s energy
America, perhaps more than most nations, values displays of energy in its presidents.
Jenny McCartney
May 21, 2025
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Eisenhower’s vision of European security
In 1945, American leaders prevented Europe from being overrun by the Red Army. Their strategic thinking provides a vital perspective on the current debate about US military presenc..
Moritz S. Graefrath
May 20, 2025
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A little history of diplomatic gifts
The Qatari's offer of an airliner to President Trump is a reminder that there has never been a moment in history when diplomatic gifts weren’t leveraged against political aims.
Maria Golia
May 16, 2025
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Trump’s Syrian deal like no other
The US President's appetite for deal-making has reached the Middle East. Is this really Syria's 'chance at greatness'?
James Snell
May 15, 2025
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The perils of Russian stability under Putin
Europe has spent too long fearing the consequences of Russian instability. It is time to fear the consequences of the stability of Putin's regime.
Stephen G. F. Hall
May 13, 2025
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Martin Luther’s wise protector
Frederick III, 'the Wise', Elector of Saxony, did not set out to defend the Protestant Reformation, but by protecting Martin Luther he changed Christendom and the world.
Eliot Wilson
May 13, 2025
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How the Vatican does geopolitics
The new Pope will need courage in handling a fractured church and multiple geopolitical crises. One of his greatest challenges could be defusing tensions in the Korean peninsula.
Edward Howell
May 9, 2025