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Western claims to moral leadership of the world are ringing increasingly hollow with their pursuit of unethical domestic policies

Acts of defiance and determination by political leaders around the world have altered the course of history

Voters increasingly view parties as brands that can be replaced if they fail to keep up with tastes, rather than as focal points of unassailable tribal loyalty

It is far from clear what Russia wants to become: a reinvented empire, a new autocracy, a sovereign democracy, or perhaps something else

Putin has proved that he is capable of exploits that no czar could accomplish

Putin hopes that harsh policies will allow him to maintain a stranglehold on Russia. But they have merely ensured the country’s decline.

The slime beneath the Sochi ice

Having world leaders live under the same roof for an extended period of time may be the most dangerous approach of all

The current government is clearly autocratic but it aspires to democratic legitimacy in the eyes of the people

The world has been turned upside down. As life has gotten easier, with people’s material expectations largely met, voters have increasingly favoured neo-autocrats