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The US-Israeli assault on Iran was launched mid-negotiation, without UN backing, making it more dangerous to international law than Iraq.

The Epstein revelations are symptoms of a deeper crisis: a political economy that rewards extraction over creation and concentrates power in ever fewer hands.

Bold choices, not better messaging, are the only way to save Europe's centre-left from electoral extinction.

From Venezuela to Gaza, the selective application of international law by powerful states and their critics alike is draining the post-1945 order of its last reserves of legitimacy.

Europe's response to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran exposes a continent locked in dependency and struggling to find its voice.

A compulsory second-tier pension fund invested exclusively in social housing would tame rents, boost employment, and deliver stable retirement income.

Populist leaders promise to empower “the people” but systematically sideline the institutions through which workers actually exercise power.

The assault on Iran defies every stated justification; the real motives point to democratic backsliding and personal enrichment.

The US–Israeli strikes on Iran lay bare every fault line in Europe's energy dependence, industrial fragility, and strategic exposure — and demand an immediate policy response.

A 'Draghi light' agenda of deregulation risks social repression — but a bolder path rooted in Europe's social democratic tradition offers a credible alternative.

Chronic uncertainty does not mobilise democratic publics — it paralyses them, and that paralysis is itself a tool of power.

The American-Israeli assault has decapitated Iran's regime, but the cascade of geopolitical consequences threatens to destabilise the entire global order.

Despite trillions spent over decades, more people than ever face starvation—because aid was never designed to end poverty.

New research reveals that EU fiscal tightening reduces output, raises unemployment, and widens income gaps — especially during recessions.