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D.H. ROBINSON Millennial “progressive” politics have failed. They have worsened our country and undermined democracy itself
A great upheaval is under way. Who will inherit the Earth? Late in life, the 18th-century French liberal thinker Abbé Sieyès was asked what he had done during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.
WATCHING THE RECENT SPECTACLE OF THOSE latter-day emperors President Xi of China and India’s Narendra Modi hugging each other at the summit in Tianjin, my mind cast back to an earlier image of a pan-A
Daniel Johnson worries that an illiberal America and a war-torn, world-weary Europe are failing to champion our Western civilisational values of liberty, democracy and the rule of law
At private dinners with family and confidants, the Indonesian president, Prabowo Subianto, often speaks admiringly of historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi, say
Without trust, things fall apart. And in these polarised times, there isn’t very much of it around. Trust helps communities flourish, it’s vital for strong relationships and without it, institutions –