
Navalny and the Evolution of the Opposition – an extract from Ben Judah’s ‘Fragile Empire’
First published in 2014, Ben Judah’s book Fragile Empire is the result of his travels throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics where he…
First published in 2014, Ben Judah’s book Fragile Empire is the result of his travels throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics where he…
Published in 2021, Vladislav Zubok’s book Collapse is a major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to…
In Cuba: A New History, Richard Gott looks at the history of Cuba and illuminates the island’s entire revolutionary past as well as the…
November 1st 2023 marks the 30th anniversary since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty, which established the European Union. This extract from…
Why Marx was Right was first published in 2011. Terry Eagleton makes the argument against Marx’s irrelevancy; asking the question, “What if all the…
Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 in a reign marked by ruthless tyranny and the deaths of…
For two centuries, Egypt’s infrastructure projects have realised some goals — but most also turned into disasters of different kinds. Alan Mikhail, author of…
Dimitar Bechev, author of Turkey Under Erdogan: How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West, writes about Turkey’s role as a mediator in…
On 24th February 2022 Vladimir Putin sent 200,000 soldiers to invade Ukraine thinking he would swiftly sweep to Kyiv and depose the government. Russia…
Chris Armstrong’s book, A Blue New Deal, now in paperback, is an urgent account of the state of our oceans today – and what…
Thomas Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hyper-capitalism that…
In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army…
November is the month of the US presidential election so our theme for this month’s Staff Pick is Politics and Elections. Read on for recommendations…
Yesterday saw the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the run up to the 2020 US presidential election on 3rd November….
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have spurred several million refugees and migrants…