The European Union’s combination of crises - of finance, politics, and identity - makes the once unthinkable a real...

The Occupy movement in the United States is both similar to and different from its Tea Party predecessor. The...

Iranians in 2009 led the kind of street-protest that was in 2011 to inspire their Arab neighbours. Now, repression...

The intellectual ground for an Arab democratic revolution was prepared in Syria a decade ago. But Syria’s leadership...

A local incident turned national conflict mixing anti-Roma sentiment and nationalist mobilisation reveals flaws in...

An escalation of violent crime in Venezuela exposes both social fractures and institutional failures in Hugo...

The Libyan war is often portrayed through a “tribal” lens that fails to explain how the country’s tribes coexist...

The tendency to press reality into a heritage mould traps England in political aspic, says David Hayes.

The outcome of the Libyan conflict leaves the Arab world’s wider political momentum to be decided by the interplay...

The student movement convulsing Chile is aiming for social inclusion and reform of the model that improved the lives...

The success of Libya’s uprising is welcome - even if both the rebel movement and foreign support for it reflect the...

The slow implosion of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was echoed in the internal divisions and crises that...

A divisive period in Georgian politics has pitted a range of forces - the opposition, the Orthodox church, the...

A four-night outbreak of riotous disorder in London and other English cities in early August 2011 is a potent...

An explosion of unrest and looting by young people that began in London and spread to other cities is a particular...

The political tumult in Egypt continues as the six-month anniversary of the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak nears. The...

A huge gathering in central Cairo on 29 July 2011 is a measure of the fluid state of Egypt’s political...

Hugo Chávez’s leadership of Venezuela has survived many challenges during his twelve years in power. Now, a cancer...

Belarus is gripped by economic crisis, its people discontented, its government trapped by inertia. The depth of the...

The historic decision by Germany’s government to end the country’s nuclear-energy programme is owed to the enduring...