Reform, the youngest political force in the United Kingdom, could overtake the Conservative Party in the May 7 local elections — despite the latter’s more than three centuries of history
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2′ reviews the relationship between designers and technology, two sectors that were traditionally worlds apart. We take a look at the role of Anna Wintour and the tech oligarchs in the newly released movie
Progressive movements lost support among the working class as well as the digital battle for hearts and minds — and to recover it, they’ll need to turn those defeats around without resorting to polarization
Donald Trump has signed an executive order to fund research into substances such as LSD and explore their possibilities in the treatment of mental health problems. Debates are being reopened on the legalization of drugs whose history has included experimentation, application within the military and now in medicine
Many of them seem trapped in an identity crisis. The dilemma is whether to embrace extreme positions or strive to maintain a centrist profile, like the Hungarian conservative Péter Magyar, who defeated Orbán with votes from the center and the moderate left
The sun and wind do not have to travel through the Strait of Hormuz, nor are they controlled by volatile autocrats
We made the mistake of minimizing and caricaturing the rise of authoritarianism. This far-right populism took advantage of the distrust in democracies generated by the Great Recession to infiltrate the very core of society. If we want a democratic recovery to succeed, we cannot continue to uncritically defend a system that not only led to the 2008 crisis but also failed to pursue a just way out of it
Painting as a form of protest would create a second confinement and, worse still, two oppressions. Why should the artist say what his body is already expressing for him?
Neither the United States nor Iran has yet entered into a compromise following the announcement. For now, the negotiations are not aimed at bridging differences, but rather at imposing them
Viktor Orbán’s defeat opens a new political cycle in Europe, where the far right has already suffered several setbacks
The Scottish thinker – considered by many to be ‘the father of capitalism’ – published his magnum opus, ‘The Wealth of Nations,’ 250 years ago. In it, he coined the metaphor of the invisible hand, which refers not to a magical order, but to a market with an institutional framework that fosters growth. His ideas decisively influenced liberal thought, especially due to his belief in individual liberty and his wariness of state intervention
I eagerly await the voyage of Artemis 2. But I hope even more urgently that, against Trump’s authoritarianism, American democracy will be reaffirmed in the November midterms
The alliance of 21st-century dictatorships is crumbling after the US removal of Nicolás Maduro, but a democratic transition is not in sight
I was a 23-year-old journalist when I met Maduro and Cilia Flores. Seeing them again in person during the hearing in Manhattan at almost 50, I was struck by the mixture of disbelief, loss and bitterness that has been building for a long time
In addition to the experimentation with an authoritarian model that emerges from an act of external force, another element is added: Venezuela is emerging as the first corporate colony of the 21st century
The roles of Islam, the army, and women are three key elements to understanding a country that defies stereotypes and in which the current war has sparked renewed interest
The Iran disaster adds to the deterioration of alliances, the collapse of an international order that benefited Washington, and the erosion of democracy and soft power
The track record of the senator, whose confirmation as the next Secretary of Homeland Security is almost certain, indicates that he does not understand the need for a robust federal response to disasters
Seven decades of cooperation demonstrate how alliances grounded in international law and mutual respect strengthen security for Spain, the United States, and NATO
The most populated city in the United Arab Emirates is a postmodern pastiche, a habitable ‘render’, a Las Vegas without the alibi of irony, a city where everything is wrong
The Middle East conflict has transformed into a war of attrition that could soon undermine Trump’s triumphalism and become a perfect storm with global consequences for his presidency
The great American fortunes of the 19th century tried to impose titanic monopolies. Today’s magnates want to do the same
The Trump-Netanyahu tandem closes a century of Western tutelage in the region to impose Israel as a hegemonic power
The US Supreme Court lowers the risks of a trade war, but the strikes on Iran push geopolitical and geoeconomic uncertainty to new highs
A transition would not only be a constitutional problem. Above all, it would be a test of cohesion among institutions, factions, and security bodies
The United States and Israel’s bombing of Iran does not guarantee the fall of the regime but could unleash its desperate response
While the stated goals are military and political, the personal stakes for the two leaders also appear relevant
