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‘The Sun, Clarkson, Meghan and IPSO – Prepare for Another Shaming Episode of Non-Regulation’
The public is being strung along – again. No matter how outraged you were by the vicious words used against the Duchess of Sussex, nothing will change and the press will do it again, writes Brian Cathcart

Putin's Energy Attack: Surviving a Warm Winter Battle is Not Winning the War
Though gas prices have fallen they are expected to rise again this Summer, so Europe can waste no more time diversifying its energy market, says Mark Temnycky

How a 50-Year US Rule Risks Denying Abortions to Ukraine's Rape Victims
The Helms Amendment turns 50 this year, but the US foreign policy is a neo-colonialist relic that denies women around the world access to their human rights, reports Sian Norris

EXCLUSIVE Who Watches the Watchdog? The CJR’s Russia Problem
How the investigation into The Nation magazine’s pro-Russia bias was canned by ‘press watchdog’ the Columbia Journalism Review

‘The Boris Johnson Loan Scandal Shows how Cronyism Corrupts Public Life’
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp's hidden involvement in arranging a £800,000 loan for the former PM exposes the gilded upper circles of politics and media in the UK, writes Adam Bienkov

‘Is Ukraine on the Path of Shock Therapy?’
Victory for Ukraine is not just about defeating Russia but avoiding the path Putin's country has taken with its economy, write Gerhard Schnyder and Simon Deakin

‘Small Boats – Lazy Minds’
None of the solutions to the Government's concerns about migrant boats crossing the Channel require the UK's withdrawal from the ECHR, writes Brad Blitz

The Weakness of Strongmen: Do We Want Charisma or Competence?
Matthew Gwyther looks at the public's contradictory ideas of leadership and how women are (on the whole) confounding them