What the Brown v Sun affair says about Labour, the wider left, and the sorry state of democracy in the UK

As I'm sure you've noticed by now, OurKingdom has migrated to a new site along with the rest of the openDemocracy clan.

Ukraine’s hopes of joining the EU some day may have been improved by changes in the German cabinet, observes Andreas Umland.

David Marquand responds to Eurosceptic attacks on his recent post

This is a good moment for taking a step back and asking ourselves whether we would call today’s overseas development...

The Berlin wall’s collapse symbolised Germany’s place at the heart of European and world politics. Twenty years on...

openDemocracy asked five of our authors for their takes on the passage of the Lisbon Treaty. Here are their comments

As the left across Europe flounders in the wake of the economic crisis, the Greek socialist party under George...

We should be concerned about powers given to local councils and quangos

Rumours that Tony Blair will be EU President are based on misconceptions

The role for think tanks to take as they debate the ideas needed "for fixing the essential plumbing of our body politic"

A guest post by Helen of Police State UK

An excerpt from Anthony Barnett's Guardian commentary

It looks as if David Cameron is once again going to dance rings around Gordon Brown and his ministers

Copenhagen will not deliver the right global deal. It is time for nations to save us from climate catastrophe.

On Tuesday morning one of our Treasury Ministers, Paul (Lord) Myners, remarked in a radio interview on the dangers...

Why is Russia resisting international help with its spiralling drugs problem, asks Susan Richards? While the...

Mousavi supporters clash with police in Tehran. Afghan policeman kills five British troops in Helmand province. The...