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What could the British state look like in an Article 5 situation? And how does current emergency legislation need to change to prepare for that? Paul Mason warns that the UK has a weak cognitive centre of gravity. Report for the University…

Reds tells the global history of communism, going beyond the turmoil of the 20th century, and exploring communist ideas, movements, and regimes. It starts in antiquity, not in 1917. It centres not just on the obvious leaders and thinkers…

An oligarch’s way out of war would give Russia and its dictator an easy ride, and may yet prove to be a con

When it comes to AI, Britain is stuck between the US and China – and the choices are stark

His deal to let Saudi Arabia develop a domestic, unregulated nuclear programme is a landmark moment in the disintegration of global order

A new threat assessment says the country’s water system faces a new, more troubling level of threat – the only answer is nationalisation

Disruption has failed – and America looks diminished and declining

Burnham could end Treasury stagnation with a single department that centralised water, energy, transport and telecoms

Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, so the Kremlin is boosting its disinformation campaign. Unfortunately for the next PM, the British left are falling for it

Out of Europe and reliant on an unreliable US, Britain has drifted towards strategic irrelevance. There is a way back – by engaging with the bloc of half a billion people that’s right on our doorstep

This is Labour’s last chance to see off the threat of a 2029 Farage victory. There is one piece of advice that the next PM needs to hear

I’m a journalist, author and researcher, who’s been active in the labour movement since 1979. Politically, I’m a radical social democrat – and here are ten principles that define my writing and activism. First: democracy is the…