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Analysis: Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides

James Meadway

The US president has made clear he will no longer rush to Nato members’ aid, prompting panic among European leaders. The UK should read the room and reset its relations with global powers, writes James Meadway.

Keir Starmer and David Lammy fly to the US for talks with Joe Biden, September 2024. Stefan Rousseau/Reuters

Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?

Ash Sarkar

Joe Biden and Keir Starmer hope supplying Ukraine with cruise missiles could turn the tide against Russia. This might not be the knockout blow they’re aiming for, writes Ash Sarkar.

Russian president Vladimir Putin wears sunglasses and shades his face with his hand

Novara FM: Russia After Navalny

Tony Wood assesses the political climate in Russia as Putin sweeps away opposition and war rumbles on.

Young children push themselves through the steel bars of a border fence

Opinion: On Migration, the Polish Left Has All But Given Up

Dan Davison & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Rather than challenge far-right xenophobia head-on, the Polish left is swerving it, while advising voters to skip the upcoming immigration referendums. This spineless avoidance serves nobody, write Ewa Pospieszyńska and Dan Davison.

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Report: Donald Tusk Gives Polish Leftists the Ick. They Might Have to Get Over It

Ana Oppenheim

On Sunday, half a million people took to the streets of Warsaw to hear Donald Tusk rail against the government. The march presented a dilemma for the Polish left, torn between its disdain for continental Thatcherites like Tusk and its hatred of the far-right incumbents. Ana Oppenheim reports.

Analysis: Jeremy Hunt Is Desperate to Ditch the Energy Price Cap. Too Bad His Own Voters Need It

Ell Folan

Last week chancellor Jeremy Hunt was again forced to U-turn on lifting the energy price cap. Try as they might to ditch it, necessity has bound the Tories to the policy, writes Ell Folan.

Opinion: Ukraine’s Resistance Still Needs Our Solidarity

Nadia Whittome

The left has a long record of opposing violent occupations. One year on from Russia’s invasion, we must stand with the Ukrainian people, argues Nadia Whittome.

Analysis: No, the West Didn’t Halt Ukraine’s Peace Talks With Russia

Volodymyr Artiukh & Taras Fedirko

In a recent article for Novara Media, Oliver Eagleton argued that the UK halted early peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Volodymyr Artiukh and Taras Fedirko say he’s mistaken – and that diplomacy alone couldn’t have stopped the war anyway.

Analysis: Liz Truss Doesn’t Care About Stopping the War in Ukraine

Oliver Eagleton

By preventing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Liz Truss is dragging out a devastating conflict. But that’s a price she’s willing to pay for preserving Britain’s interests, argues Oliver Eagleton.

Soldiers of Russia's Interior Ministry practice martial arts during a drill marking Reconnoissance Day in the southern Russian city of Stavropol

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

Diyora Shadijanova

Ethnic minority soldiers from low income Russian regions are already dying at a higher rate in the war. Now Putin’s latest mobilisation is causing fresh fear – and increasing tensions across the federation.

Two nuclear power station towers emit plumes of smoke

Analysis: Could Nuclear Actually Solve the Energy Crisis?

Ell Folan

Liz Truss wants to turbocharge nuclear power. As well as its environmental implications, asks Ell Folan, could it even solve our energy crisis?

Analysis: Don’t Ignore Biden’s Shadow War

Oliver Eagleton

With Joe Biden looking set to double down on America’s drone programme, Oliver Eagleton argues that the return to traditional warfare in Europe must not eclipse evolving modes of conflict elsewhere.

Private First Class Jeremy Bauth, of the Colorado National Guard's 220th Military Police Company, stands guard at a checkpoint during a US National Guard operation in 2018 outside of Fort Greely, Alaska, 28 February 2018. Photo: Specialist Michael Risinge / US Army National Guard

Long Read: The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic

James Meadway

The Arctic Council is collapsing over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes James Meadway, setting the stage for a geopolitical conflict of epic proportions.

Report: Central Asia Will Be Collateral Damage in the Ukraine Crisis

Volodya Vagner

With the Russian economy tanking, post-Soviet republics - and the Central Asian migrant workers who sustain them - are in deep trouble. Volodya Vagner reports from Kyrgyzstan.

Russian army take part in a rehearsal of military parade on April 18, 2022 on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in preparation for the May 9 parade. About 11 thousand military personnel, 131 units of modern weapons and military equipment, 77 aircraft and helicopters are involved. Russia is hurling its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and pouring more troops into the war, seeking to slice the country in two in a potentially pivotal battle for control of the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories.

Feature: How Putin Bribed Russia’s Peasant Army Into a War They Don’t Want

Liza Smirnova & Alexey Sakhnin

Three-quarters of Russians are city-dwellers. Yet the army today looks almost the same as it did under the tsars, write Alexey Sakhnin and Liza Smirnova: peasants in overcoats.

Novara Live: Assange Closer to Extradition, Patel to Decide Fate; More Partygate Embarrassments

A UK court has approved the extradition of Julian Assange, leaving the decision on his fate with home secretary Priti Patel. We speak to Matt Kennard of Declassified UK about the significance of the ruling. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

Analysis: Is Russia Now Fascist?

Volodya Vagner

The atrocities committed in Bucha shocked the world. Has Putin’s Russia become a fascist regime?

Opinion: The Government Is Using the War in Ukraine to Abandon Its Climate Targets

Sam Knights

In response to the war in Ukraine, Boris Johnson has ordered more fossil fuel extraction in the North Sea. But weaning ourselves off Russian oil and gas shouldn’t mean drilling for fossil fuels at home, argues Sam Knights.

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Analysis: Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides

James Meadway

Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?

Ash Sarkar

Novara FM: Russia After Navalny

Opinion: On Migration, the Polish Left Has All But Given Up

Dan Davison & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Analysis: Jeremy Hunt Is Desperate to Ditch the Energy Price Cap. Too Bad His Own Voters Need It

Ell Folan

Opinion: Ukraine’s Resistance Still Needs Our Solidarity

Nadia Whittome

Analysis: No, the West Didn’t Halt Ukraine’s Peace Talks With Russia

Volodymyr Artiukh & Taras Fedirko

Analysis: Liz Truss Doesn’t Care About Stopping the War in Ukraine

Oliver Eagleton

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

Diyora Shadijanova

Analysis: Could Nuclear Actually Solve the Energy Crisis?

Ell Folan

Analysis: Don’t Ignore Biden’s Shadow War

Oliver Eagleton

Long Read: The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic

James Meadway

Report: Central Asia Will Be Collateral Damage in the Ukraine Crisis

Volodya Vagner

Feature: How Putin Bribed Russia’s Peasant Army Into a War They Don’t Want

Liza Smirnova & Alexey Sakhnin

Novara Live: Assange Closer to Extradition, Patel to Decide Fate; More Partygate Embarrassments

Analysis: Is Russia Now Fascist?

Volodya Vagner

Opinion: The Government Is Using the War in Ukraine to Abandon Its Climate Targets

Sam Knights

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Tag: russia

Analysis: Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides

James Meadway

Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?

Ash Sarkar

Novara FM: Russia After Navalny

Opinion: On Migration, the Polish Left Has All But Given Up

Dan Davison & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Report: Donald Tusk Gives Polish Leftists the Ick. They Might Have to Get Over It

Ana Oppenheim

Analysis: Jeremy Hunt Is Desperate to Ditch the Energy Price Cap. Too Bad His Own Voters Need It

Ell Folan

Opinion: Ukraine’s Resistance Still Needs Our Solidarity

Nadia Whittome

Analysis: No, the West Didn’t Halt Ukraine’s Peace Talks With Russia

Volodymyr Artiukh & Taras Fedirko

Analysis: Liz Truss Doesn’t Care About Stopping the War in Ukraine

Oliver Eagleton

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

Diyora Shadijanova

Analysis: Could Nuclear Actually Solve the Energy Crisis?

Ell Folan

Analysis: Don’t Ignore Biden’s Shadow War

Oliver Eagleton

Long Read: The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic

James Meadway

Report: Central Asia Will Be Collateral Damage in the Ukraine Crisis

Volodya Vagner

Feature: How Putin Bribed Russia’s Peasant Army Into a War They Don’t Want

Liza Smirnova & Alexey Sakhnin

Novara Live: Assange Closer to Extradition, Patel to Decide Fate; More Partygate Embarrassments

Analysis: Is Russia Now Fascist?

Volodya Vagner

Opinion: The Government Is Using the War in Ukraine to Abandon Its Climate Targets

Sam Knights

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