One Tbilisi bar displays its loyalties on its walls. Credit: Getty

05/19/2022 - 8:30am

Tension as Russians fleeing Putin gather in Georgia The country's new arrivals are regarded with suspicion

Wednesday, May 18

Beware the terrorism ‘experts’ Certain researchers are using the Buffalo shooting to hawk their services

Can Viktor Orbán’s ‘fight club’ take on the EU? The Hungarian PM's new cabinet is setting its sights on the bloc

William Nattrass

Winston Churchill needs better defenders A new book has sparked a new round of inane attacks and defences

Madison Cawthorn’s defeat is not the end of ‘America First’ The controversial young congressman was ousted last night

Tuesday, May 17

Rasmus Paludan: Sweden’s Koran-burning provocateur The omertà on criticising Islam has, predictably, produced a new extremist

Liverpool is not as exceptional as it thinks The city is not a hotbed of republicanism

Why does Russia hate Britain so much? There is a long history to the Kremlin's antipathy for the UK

Beware millennials, boomers want your blood Scientists have discovered more ways to help the elderly cannibalise the young

Mary Harrington

Monday, May 16

Why are progressives so afraid of Right-wing comedy? A new book warns that it is a 'monster' the Left can't ignore

Michael Sandel: Why the elites don’t deserve their status The Harvard professor of political philosophy makes the case for the end of merit

Who will topple Boris Johnson? Not since 2005 has the field been this open

Humiliating Russia is not good foreign policy The U.S. should be preparing Ukraine to compromise

Rumours of Xi Jinping’s demise are exaggerated Western media outlets are gripped by a Cold War fantasy

Saturday, May 14

Ukraine summons its folk roots for Eurovision victory The country continues to confound expectations

Friday, May 13

How will Ukraine and Belarus’ first post-Soviet leaders be remembered? Both Stanislau Shushkevich and Leonid Kravchuk have complicated legacies

Maximilian Hess

The Squad nowhere to be seen as Ukraine package sails through AOC, Ilhan Omar and others have been curiously silent on the issue

The petty backlash to the Street Votes proposal Certain naysayers would rather react to a headline than give change a chance

Will the UK finally score at Eurovision 22? With Brexit in the rear view mirror, we might actually get some votes

Why the market crash could be good for crypto This is an important evolutionary moment for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Izabella Kaminska

Thursday, May 12

Russia declares Sweden and Finland “targets” if they join NATO Freddie Sayers challenges a senior Kremlin spokesperson

Abortion won’t save the Democrats The Party's position on this issue is too extreme for most voters

The week the crypto dream collapsed The current crash has killed the dream of a new monetary era

The UK should join Macron’s EU Lite The French President has proposed a new geography for Europe

Wednesday, May 11

America’s crime reporting is a mess Bungled data is leaving us in the dark on a crucial issue

Charles Fain Lehman

The hidden dissent inside ZeroCovid China Shanghai has mounted an unlikely resistance to Beijing's diktats

Sri Lanka erupts into violence An economic crisis has thrown the country into turmoil

Thasanya Jayasumana

In defence of Queen’s Speech pomp and pageantry Ceremonies like yesterday's connect us to the past and future

Tuesday, May 10

The stock market crash is just the beginning The next few months are going to be extremely rocky

Philip Pilkington

The New York Times’s worst Pulitzer Prize winners A selection of the award's least deserving recipients

Ashley Rindsberg

Martial law declared in Odessa as rockets rain down You don't hear much about my hometown, but the attacks keep coming

Vladislav Davidzon

Monday, May 9

Chinese-style drone surveillance is coming to America Law enforcement is already using tech to extend the reach of policing

Mary Harrington