Current issue: June 2016

... UK, to stay or not to stay? all change political partners; US, the $5 billion elections, prison reform ‘moment’ that wasn’t;  Peru, left in the cold; Taiwan, breaking free of China; Macedonia, elections on hold; Europe’s railways, all about profit; what data privacy? London, global art capital...

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Why the far right is on the rise

by Serge Halimi

Before long a domino is going to fall: a far-right candidate failed to become president of Austria by just 30,000 votes. The day before that election, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, warned: “There’s no debate or (...)

The great train robbery

by Julian Mischi and Valérie Solano

The European Council intended to simplify Europe’s railways, but privatised networks have neglected safety, community and environment in pursuit of profit.

Who will be the next UN secretary-general?

by Shashi Tharoor

Taiwan breaks free of China  *

by Tanguy Lepesant

Brexit, Lexit or Remain?  *

by Renaud Lambert

London’s art market  *

by Evelyne Pieiller and Marie-Noël Rio

UK’s changed political landscape  *

by Keith Dixon

And also ...

Russia’s truckers protest * — The price of a presidency * — US justice reform stalls * — New left regimes ally with China — Peru’s all-rightwing election * — A challenge to Macedonia’s establishment * — Europe’s new privacy shield * — The Zakharov case

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