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Matthew Dal Santo 7 Jul 2020 12:30

Yes, to balance China, let’s bring Russia in from the cold

The West’s isolation of Russia has helped Moscow acquiesce in an expanded Chinese presence it would once have resented.
Matthew Dal Santo 13 Jul 2017 10:48

Trump's Warsaw speech: Heed the message, not the messenger

In the uproar over Trump’s speech, is it the borders and civilizations that are resented, or the political duties they imply?
Matthew Dal Santo 10 May 2017 14:01

Macron and the uprooting of France

‘Whoever is uprooted themselves,’ wrote Simone Weil, ‘uproots others.’ France will not be a happier country five years from now if the only legacy of a Macron presidency is further uprooting.
Matthew Dal Santo 26 Apr 2017 09:37

French election a swansong for liberal globalism

Should Macron win, you won't need to be a supporter of Le Pen's to believe that French democracy will be worse off.
Matthew Dal Santo 15 Mar 2017 15:45

The Russian Revolution, a century on

Russia’s last emperor Nicholas II remains a divisive subject, posing unresolved questions about the country’s past and present.
Matthew Dal Santo 13 Mar 2017 11:20

Francois Fillon’s fall from favour

The candidate who stands to gain the most out of the Républicains’ difficulties is the Front National’s Marine Le Pen.
Matthew Dal Santo 27 Jan 2017 12:12

A grand bargain: What Russia now wants from the West

2017 will pose more sharply than at any time since the fall of the Berlin Wall the question of what Russia wants from the United States and the world system more broadly.
Matthew Dal Santo 20 Jan 2017 08:57

Theresa May's Brexit speech ushers in a post-liberal age

‘No’, she said, in words which many still struggle to believe, ‘the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.’ And with that May upended more than four decades of British foreign and economic policy.
Matthew Dal Santo 22 Dec 2016 10:31

Russia's revolutionary centenary

For those who would seek to understand Russia today, the Revolution’s unsettled legacy cannot be ignored.

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Yes, to balance China, let’s bring Russia in from the cold

Trump's Warsaw speech: Heed the message, not the messenger

Macron and the uprooting of France

French election a swansong for liberal globalism

The Russian Revolution, a century on

Francois Fillon’s fall from favour

A grand bargain: What Russia now wants from the West

Theresa May's Brexit speech ushers in a post-liberal age

Russia's revolutionary centenary