Written by
Anthony Barnett
The Storming of the Capital – Part Two: The Finale of the Sixties
13 January 2021
, A crucial historical explanation for the imaginative rage of Donald Trump’s militant army lies in the Vietnam War generation, argues Anthony Barnett

The Storming of the Capitol – Part One: Trump’s Red Guards
11 January 2021
, In the first part of a series of analyses, Anthony Barnett looks at how the Chinese Communist Party is weaponising the Washington insurrection to defend its suppression of Hong Kong

For the Love of Trump
4 November 2020
, With the election results showing a higher than expected degree of support for the President, Anthony Barnett explores his appeal to American hearts and the split in the US psyche

EXCLUSIVE COVID-19 and the End of Economic Fatalism
9 October 2020
, In the global response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Anthony Barnett sees an epoch-defining moment as governments are forced to put people’s health and wellbeing before market fundamentalism

A Royal Reality Check: How the Prorogation Crisis has Revealed the Queen as the Hollow Heart of the British Constitution
18 September 2019
, The greatest distinction of the Queen's realm – that she has always been ‘above’ politics – has led to her historic humiliation and Anthony Barnett to ask: what's the point of her?
