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Obligation not to elevate a clouded nominee to the US Supreme Court must coexist with a obligation to hear out any serious explanation of facts

Keeping current levels while bringing in more immigrants to compete with the economy’s winners and fewer to compete for low-wage work represents a reasonable middle ground

The examples of Libya’s Gaddafi and Iraq’s Saddam make it harder for Trump to sell Pyongyang the virtues of giving up the bomb

Germany’s power is wielded softly, indirectly, implicitly — and when the fist is required, it takes the form of fiscal ultimatums, not military bluster or racial irredentism

The German chancellor’s inability to form a coalition government could push continental elites to become more accountable to the public

The worst-case scenario for Trump is where his inability to back down from a big fight meets the military’s willingness to start a lot of small ones

The French politician’s controversial positions may seem straightforwardly correct but that is not enough to convince voters on Sunday

Despite the French vote, the Western system continues to face the threat of populism

Scrutinising the conservative intelligentsia’s approach to climate change

Facing less resistance at high levels, how far will the pontiff push to reform the Catholic church?

The left’s fractiousness, its complicated race-sexuality-class feuds, have an energy that’s conspicuously absent closer to the neoliberal Centre

Trump’s election alone will probably induce a Brexit-esque stock market dip, but the real problem will be what happens next