A thought from the ineffably complicated city of Brussels...

Don’t ban the AfD or embrace it, but instead constrain it legally and fight it politically

with Fiona Hill, Margaret MacMillan, Anand Menon and Rana Mitter

Here in Silicon Valley they think superintelligence is close – and we should fear it

Trump has eroded liberal democracy at unprecedented speed.

Trump in Ankara again shows why the Europeanisation of NATO is urgent business

A full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion

For three decades now, they've been leading the fight for democracy

Don't just do something, stand there

From Cardiff to Kyiv… My conversation with Yascha Mounk

Chancellor Merz must ensure its strength is embedded in a European structure.

Ignore him. Sounds ridiculous, but makes more sense than you might think.

The landslide that swept away Viktor Orbán means Hungary might just pioneer an unprecedented post-populist transition. If successful, it would have implications everywhere from Poland to the US.

A stronger Europe or bust

For the UK to regain respect in the world, it needs its European leg as well as its transatlantic one

Beautiful country, hideous theocracy & young Iranians yearning to be free

A reminder of how well it went last time…

What should come after liberalism? A better liberalism.

How Alex Pretti was killed

The PTIB Test… 4 dimensions of Trumpery

The West is history. Muscle up for a post-Western world of illiberal international disorder.

Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard and I on our just-published 21 country poll

+ as we hope against hope for Iran, lessons from the history of protest

My (reposted) report from a besieged Ukrainian city

And season's greetings to you all...

Full transcript of my conversation with Yascha Mounk, Nathalie Tocci and Sabina Ćudić

… with Yascha Mounk, Nathalie Tocci and Sabina Ćudić

The new US national security strategy shows us Europeans exactly where we stand: alone.

... before it's too late.

& another with Fiona Hill, Margaret MacMillan, Rana Mitter & Anand Menon

There’s nothing peculiarly 'East European’ about this latest populist victory. It’s the new normal of the western world.