Europe

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Ukraine Has Reached a Debt Deal. Now What? Ukraine Has Reached a Debt Deal. Now What?

The deal has worrying implications for the IMF’s treatment of Russia.

Aug 28, 2015 / James Carden

Germany France Ukraine

Berlin and Paris Versus Kiev Berlin and Paris Versus Kiev

And Henry Kissinger versus US orthodoxy on Ukraine; and Putin versus Stalin on Russia’s past.

Aug 26, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn (Reuters/Russell Cheyne)

Why a Left-Wing Socialist Is Poised to Become the Leader of Britain’s Labour Party Why a Left-Wing Socialist Is Poised to Become the Leader of Britain’s Labour Party

Unlike the party apparatchiks, Jeremy Corbyn has consistently opposed austerity—and voters are enthusiastic.

Aug 26, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Tsipras and Iglesias

The Promise, and Peril, of Europe’s New Left Solidarity The Promise, and Peril, of Europe’s New Left Solidarity

There's been a groundswell of insurgent politics, from Greece to Britain, but so far victory has been elusive.

Aug 26, 2015 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

Senator Mitch McConnell

The Danger of ‘Foreign Policy by Bumper Sticker’ The Danger of ‘Foreign Policy by Bumper Sticker’

The GOP’s paranoia and hubris promises yet another self-inflicted foreign policy disaster.

Aug 25, 2015 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti Are Executed in Massachusetts (1927); AND the Hitler-Stalin Pact Is Signed (1939)

August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti Are Executed in Massachusetts (1927); AND the Hitler-Stalin Pact Is Signed (1939) August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti Are Executed in Massachusetts (1927); AND the Hitler-Stalin Pact Is Signed (1939)

Is this the single darkest day on the calendar for the international left?

Aug 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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Is the US-Backed Kiev Regime Preparing an All-Out Military Assault on the Rebel Donbass Province? Is the US-Backed Kiev Regime Preparing an All-Out Military Assault on the Rebel Donbass Province?

If so, the risk grows of provoking a US–Russian war in Ukraine.

Aug 19, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own

We treat the Germans the same way we treat ourselves—like dogs.

Aug 14, 2015 / Norman Birnbaum

Victory Day

Letter From Belgorod Letter From Belgorod

Seventy years of victory in Russia and Ukraine.

Aug 14, 2015 / Sophie Pinkham

Ukrainian nationalism

How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past

Volodymyr Viatrovych was the driving force behind new laws that restrict free speech and regulate how history is written.

Aug 13, 2015 / Jared McBride

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