The state is watching
The inclusion of eco-activists in the Prevent counter-terrorism programme is only the tip of the iceberg.
Politics & Conflict
Book review: The Far Right Today
Cas Mudde's exploration of the right-wing resurgence should ring alarm bells all over the globe.
Book review: The Immoral Majority
Ben Howe's polemic against Trump-supporting Christians gives us a rare insight into the evangelical split.
The return of Algeria’s revolution
Recent pro-democracy protests in Algeria have taken up the torch of the independence struggle
Book review: They will have to die now
James Verini's book is a monument to the brutal Battle of Mosul and the fall of the Caliphate
“Indoctrination happens through socialisation.”
Q&A with Julia Ebner, author of "Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists".
Rage in the corridors of power
The work of two controversial German thinkers illuminates the return of anger in politics
Battle lines
Climate change needs radical action – but a sharply polarised debate is stifling progress. How do we break the impasse?
Democracy and its discontents
The biggest ever global dataset on attitudes to democracy makes for troubling reading.
Huawei and new frontiers of war
Fundamental shifts in global power underlie current anxieties over the Chinese provider of 5G telecoms.