

The illusion of Europe as a democratic peace project is fast receding.
The government is left to use identity politics to pretend that society is doing well just because it confronts racism, sexism, and “homotransphobia,” creating job quotas for oppressed groups.
Orban only needs to engage in self-criticism and wait, Raphael Machado writes.
Asia’s rise should not be interpreted as a race between rivals, but as a shared project.
Lebanon now is the main theatre, and the game that Israel is playing there is incredibly risky for Netanyahu and Trump.
Iranians are itching to fight – in case the ceasefire collapses.
Orbán should take a step further in distancing Hungary from Europe.
Trump is not an aberration, a deviation from the system. He is the system finally becoming visible in all its self-undermining contradictions.