The world in 2025 - New Statesman
3 days ago · Hans Kundnani: How could Germany’s election shape the EU? Olaf Scholz’s snap February vote looks likely to result in another grand coalition between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats – yet much of the country’s inertia is structural.
The edge of anarchy - New Statesman
3 days ago · Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis. By Robert D Kaplan The world stands on a precipice, and the trends are not good. It was the United States whose economic wherewithal rescued Western civilisation in the Second World War and ...
Labour’s politics of prevarication - New Statesman
3 days ago · The UK does not need another lengthy inquiry on care. What it does need is a government with the courage to act. By New Statesman Labour’s landslide election victory last year gave it rare power. Not since Tony Blair’s premiership has any UK government enjoyed a three-figure majority. Unlike ...
The year ahead: Are we on the verge of a new Middle East?
3 days ago · The year ahead: Are we on the verge of a new Middle East? A democratic Syria and rising Turkey would ask different questions of Israel. By Bruno Maçães Many international human rights organisations now use the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s conduct in Gaza, but that has had no impact ...
Rachel Reeves’ fiscal nightmare - New Statesman
3 days ago · On 26 March, Reeves will deliver her Spring Statement to the House of Commons. The risk is that the accompanying forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility will show that she is on the verge of breaking her fiscal rules (Capital Economics estimates that the Chancellor has already lost £8.9bn of her £9.9bn “headroom”).
New Year, same American violence - New Statesman
4 days ago · Americans kicked off 2025 in the same way we spend so many of our days: awash in extreme violence. There was, most shockingly, the terrorist attack in New Orleans on 1 January, in which a former US serviceman drove a car into crowded Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring dozens, as well as a solider who blew up a Tesla cybertruck outside of a Trump hotel in Las …
The year ahead: Can Labour escape decline in 2025? - New ...
5 days ago · The year ahead: Can Labour escape decline in 2025? Keir Starmer needs to prove he is more than a crisis manager. By George Eaton Labour starts 2025 as that rare thing: a stable centre-left government. Look elsewhere: the US Democrats have been routed and progressives in Germany, Canada and Australia ...