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The G20 summit needs to match the progressive global ambitions of 1944-45. Step forward, Europe
France’s president has wider ambitions. He may be reminded that all politics is local
The assumptions that guided earlier American policies towards Europe no
longer apply
The way the first world war is remembered closes as well as opens doors to the past
The world's financial, governance, climate and power problems are part of a single challenge
The visceral art of Francis Bacon exposes the shallow godlessness of the new atheists
The trial of agents of Turkey's “deep
state” is making its military and its politicians nervous
An influential Turkish network fuses faith and modernity in search of a new social order
"Gomorrah", a fearless anatomy of Napoli's mafia, also exposes the new face of global crime
Two crises - the financial crash and climate change - reveal two faces of Europe
After his death, the appeal of Austria's rightwing populist leader will find new channels
Only four years ago Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Timoshenko were close political allies. Their Orange Revolution impressed the whole world. Their bitter rivalry now led to snap parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 December.
The financial crisis is causing political tensions in Europe. The response will be - more integration
The far-right advance in Austria’s election is a test for the polity but a burden for the country
Alexander Lukashenka has won a total victory. But is that what Belarus's president wanted?
The failure of an economic ideology is also a challenge to create a new progressive politics
The Georgia-Russia war provokes European governments into surprising initiatives
The Russia-Georgia conflict is global as well as regional. How to avoid a new era of confrontation?
The "poisoned umbrella" murder on 11 September 1978 silenced a brave voice and still flouts justice
The Georgia-Russia crisis is a challenge to Europe to make its own foreign policy tell
Turks should not give up on Europe - it's still an agent of progress. But a silence must end
Georgia's polity has survived the test of war. Now its president faces an acute domestic challenge
Russia still wants regime change in Tbilisi. Georgia says no - and emerges the moral victor, says the country's education minister
A messy conflict reflects collective forgetting. It's time to recall history, break the cycle, and build the future in Abkhazia and Georgia
Claire O'Brien joins the OK debate on Labour After Brown by expanding the challenge to David Miliband (initiated here by Sunder Katwala) and his claim to the 'fusion' of social democracy and radical liberalism.
An elite conspiracy charged with destabilising the elected government brings Turkey to a dangerous moment
Writing from Scotland Gerry Hassan widens the OurKingdom debate on
Labour's future sparked by the intervention of the Foreign Secretary.
The Church of England has survived a test. But the arc of history still poses it a larger challenge
Britain's prime minister is in trouble. What next? The Fabian Society's head opens a debate
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