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Dazed and Confused: How the World Must Respond to Trump’s Assault on the Global Trading System
Former EU Trade Negotiator John Clarke on how to counter the method behind the madness of current US trade policy
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Populist Simplicity in a Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why his ‘alternative realities’ don’t stack up against real-world complexities
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Trump’s Mob Rule: An Offer We Can Only Refuse
If Europeans come from Venus, Peter Jukes observes, it’s only because they are aware (unlike Elon Musk) of the bleak devastation of Mars
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Starmer’s Moment of Truth: ‘Britain Must Align Itself with Europe’s Regulated Capitalism and Collective Security’
The PM’s pronouncement that Britain need not choose between the US and Europe is ‘downright reckless’ and an ‘exercise in dangerous delusion’, argues Clive Lewis
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The Brutalist: How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s New World Order
For all its chaos in operation, Trump’s regime has a strategic rationale and must be fought strategically, argues Jon Bloomfield
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Keir Starmer’s ‘Geo-Political Minefield’ Between Donald Trump and Europe
With Starmer thrust into a damage limitation exercise by the Ukraine crisis, Chris Painter reflects on the fluctuating relations between British Prime Ministers and American Presidents.
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Clouds Darken Over Ukraine: But Is There a Sliver of a Silver Lining?
In his regular dispatch from Kyiv, Chris York explains how US actions feel like a complete betrayal in the interests of Putin
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For Ukrainian Survivors of Putin’s War, Donald Trump is Yet Another Threat to Their Lives
“Let the Trumpists come and spend a few days [here] and feel, hear, and see how Putin ‘wants peace’” a mother of a fallen Ukrainian soldier tells Kris Parker
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‘It’s Time to End the Trump Denialism and Admit the US Is No Longer Europe’s Ally’
Keir Starmer’s attempts to be an “honest broker” with Donald Trump are doomed to failure, argues Adam Bienkov
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Fear and Favour: What Does Trump Owe Putin? Maybe His Life
With the increasingly bizarre compliance of the US President to the Russian President, Zarina Zabrisky wonders if the KGB/FSB tradition of assassination and mafia-style intimidation may be key
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‘Reform’s Policies Are Dangerously Out of Step With Public Opinion and It’s Time the Media Started Scrutinising Them’
The British press has given Nigel Farage’s party a free ride for too long, argues Salman Shaheen
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Trump’s War on ‘Woke’ and DEI: Incubated by a Nazi Eugenics Foundation
Mainstream American conservative icons Christopher Rufo, Peter Boghossian, and Richard Hanania – who inspired Trump’s assault on diversity – were bankrolled by the funder of a Nazi eugenics foundation
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‘Blind Rearmament Won’t Counter the Threats from Putin and Trump’
With the US potentially allied to Russia over the fate of Ukraine, there needs to be a root and branch rethinking of British and European security
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‘Trump’s War on Science Could Be Coming to the UK Soon’
There is a concerted global effort to undermine the very concept of evidence-based policy and scientific progress, argues Kit Yates
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Kemi Badenoch’s Foreign Policy: ‘Channelling Her Inner JD Vance’
The former senior diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall sees signs of Trumpist culture wars and a woeful lack of realism in the opposition leader’s foreign policy set piece speech
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Kemi Badenoch Calls for Trump’s ‘Foreign Interference’ in UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands Deal
The Conservative leader’s spokesman backed a “foreign power” intervening in the UK’s sovereign interests
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‘Trump’s New World Order: America Will Enable Authoritarians to Win’
The spread of war in Europe is now a greater possibility than it has been since the height of the Cold War, writes AC Grayling
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Will the US Celebrate the Third Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion by Betraying Ukraine?
Zarina Zabrisky explores Trump’s new alliance with Putin and the dark economic and ideological forces behind this new phase in the war
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‘F**k Trump’: Kyiv Faces the Darkest Hour
Chris York explores the mood in the capital as Ukrainians try to make sense of the US President’s support for the Kremlin
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‘Keir Starmer Must Accept These Hard Truths Before Meeting Donald Trump’
Before the Prime Minister heads to Washington he must wake up to the fact that the UK’s real allies may now lie elsewhere, argues UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
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‘There Is Nothing ‘Natural’ About Donald Trump’s Predatory Exploitation of Ukraine’
The US President’s attempts to extort Ukraine for its natural resources, while abandoning its fate to Russia, is a return to the worst imperial politics of the past, argues Aleksandar Djokic
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‘Donald Trump’s USAID Freeze Is Already Hurting Ukraine and Will Come Back to Bite America Later’
The US President’s suspension of all foreign aid is already having a devastating impact in war-torn Ukraine, reports George Llewelyn
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‘Dear King Donald the Magnificent’ – A Letter From One Troubled Monarch to Another
King Charles congratulates Donald Trump on his “magnificent accomplishment” in restoring monarchical rule to America, imagines Alexandra Hall Hall
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From Murdoch to Musk: Hacking the State
While the media mogul spent more than half a century building up back-door political influence, the social media broligarch stormed into the US Government in just two years. Peter Jukes explores how the use of power through media has evolved
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It’s Not Ukraine that Needs DeNazifaction: US Far-Right Operatives in Kyiv
Why was Jack Posobiec, who has spread baseless Russian propaganda about the country, accompanying a US Treasury delegation visit to Ukraine?
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‘No, Gen Z Do Not Want to Be Ruled by a Dictator’
The media has been full of incredibly dubious claims that young people want to be ruled by a dictatorship. The reality is very different, argues Natasha Devon
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With Another Felony Conviction, Will Nigel Farage’s Pal Steve Bannon be Barred from the UK?
Grant Stern explains the origin of the Byline Times exclusive that ended in another conviction for the Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica boss
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Trump’s Middle East Riviera: What Next for Gaza?
Even if Jordan and Egypt somehow agreed to a US take over Gaza, who would physically remove 2.5 million Palestinians? Trump’s proposal is pure fantasy – but what does it reveal?
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‘In the Face of Shock-and-Awe Fascism, Resistance is Fertile’
If enough people are talking with each other about why the rule of law, strong democratic values and human rights are worth defending, the demagogues will fail
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From TikTok to USAID – The Perfect Storm
Paul Niland dissects the lies and outright skirting of the law being perpetrated by Trump and Musk
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Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the ‘New Authoritarianism’ Leading the US Down an Increasingly Dangerous Path
The early stages of Trump’s new administration are following an alarming and predictable pattern, argues Christian Christensen
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Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government
Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a planned ‘neo-reactionary’ hollowing out of government is happening in real time
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Trump’s Gaza Plan is a White Supremacist Agenda, and the Homeland is Next
Trump’s Gaza plan ‘does not come out of the blue’ argues Nafeez Ahmed, it is ‘part and parcel of a broader white supremacist agenda’
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‘Donald Trump’s Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Plan Is a Call for War Crimes And the UK Must Condemn It’
It’s time for Keir Starmer’s Government to finally recognise Palestinian statehood and resist the US President’s catastrophic agenda, argues Green MP Ellie Chowns
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‘Donald Trump’s Self-Defeating Foreign Aid Freeze Will Only Help America’s Enemies’
The US President’s decision to suspend all foreign aid will harm US interests while gifting a golden opportunity to China, argues former UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Must Abandon Their Trumpian Obsession with Economic Growth’
Prioritising growth over all other considerations will only widen economic inequality and deepen already cavernous social crises, argues Neal Lawson
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Why It’s Time to Fight Back Against the Dystopian Tech-Trump Oligarchy
Those who watched silently as reactionary tech bosses seized power in the US must now wake up and fight back, argues Johan Farkas and Aurelien Mondon
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From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk
“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago
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What Really Lies Behind Donald Trump’s Shifting Stance On Ukraine
Trump’s new threat to Putin doesn’t necessarily mean he’s on Ukraine’s side, argues George Llewelyn
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Trump’s Meme Coin Debacle Reveals a President Ushering in a New Era of Institutionalised Grift
Donald Trump and his associates are already cashing in handsomely from his presidency
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Anti-Trump Campaigners Fear Starmer’s US Ambassador Pick Peter Mandelson Could Slash UK Regulations to Secure Trade Deal
They worry Starmer’s Government will ‘slash and burn’ consumer regulations and protections in order to sign a UK-US trade deal with Donald Trump
