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The world is changing before our eyes. So much of what we cherish—above all our security—now depends on European leaders being nimble, bold and united. Do we think they can do it?

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Timothy Snyder is an expert of modern authoritarianism.

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There isn't much good news around at the moment. But it turns out beavers create it in bucketloads. @timsmedley.bsky.social's first dispatch for Prospect, from somewhere near a Northamptonshire shopping centre, is the joy you didn't know you needed. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

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Even without the US, European democracies will still need to pledge collective security and pool their military efforts. NATO will survive Trump, writes Andrew Adonis. www.prospectmagazine...

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This never happens. The @prospectmagazine.co.uk paywall is down until 7pm GMT tomorrow, so head over our site to read for free @arusbridger.bsky.social

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So, the US and Russia will meet to talk about Ukraine. Is this, as Laurie Bristow for @prospectmagazine.co.uk notes, the return of a world that Putin wants—one driven by Great Powers? And if so, what happens next? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...

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Trump: Putin wants peace, he would have told me if he didn't. A few hours later: Russia attacks Chernobyl, damaging its radiation shield.

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"To resolve the conflict, we need to return to what Putin’s war is about. It’s an imperialist project; it’s about winding back the post-Cold War security order...and resetting the terms of Great Power rivalry with the US. At heart it's about Russia itself." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...

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This week Alona and I handed over the Prospect Podcast keys to our esteemed colleague @benjamin-clark.bsky.social, as he spoke to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about media coverage of Gaza, leaving MSNBC and what he has done since. Tune in

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Some gentle push back from me in Prospect to @henrymance.ft.com’s piece about ‘woke’ the other day. Although sadly my bad pun about ‘DEIcide’ got cut. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identi...

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Lies, damn lies, and immigration statistics: me in @prospectmagazine.co.uk on the endless torrent of falsehoods and half-truths pumped out by right-wong "journalists and " thinktanks" in the British media. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

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Consider my piece on asbestos for your weekend longread. Expertly edited by @ellenhalliday.bsky.social

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How UK unlawfully pursued journalists who exposed the truth about a mass murder Two journalists showed collusion between NI police and loyalist paramilitaries The UK’s response was to spy on them, and then arrest them By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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Happy Brexiversary!

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"We are very threatened. And we should be fighting for life." @elianebrum.sumauma.com of @en.sumauma.com spoke with me about "losing power" and why the Amazon is the centre of the world. Listen to the @prospectmagazine.co.uk podcast, hosted with @aloner.bsky.social podfollow.com/the-prospect...

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Can I try something? Bluesky, who are the best non-fiction writers, journalists, essayists you know who are under the age of 30? Writing in English, but from anywhere in the world

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There's a lot of talk about growth, and how Labour is "going for it" by, for example, backing a third runway at Heathrow. This is your periodic reminder to check out the work of @kateraworth.bsky.social and the debate about whether growth is the answer to improving the lot the most vulnerable

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Here it is, the new issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk. Including @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on Labour and Reform and @charlottehelen.bsky.social's beautiful narrative essay on losing her father—and the ongoing asbestos scandal.

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🚨 Taking cash from a sanctioned Russian mercenary chief to enable him to sue a British journalist is not an abuse of the UK legal system, solicitors' regulator finds 🙃 Exclusive by me on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/uk-law-fir...

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My Prospect column this month is on the increasingly feral Lobby and why Labour has little choice but to ignore them www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/691...

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Is the CDU—the party of the German centre-right—really considering ending the "firewall" that says they wouldn't work with the far-right AfD?

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Changes are likely coming to the House of Lords—but are its biggest issues going to be resolved? Meg Russell from the @conunitucl.bsky.social sets out what she thinks are the really big changes that would make a difference.

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Prospect HQ is back in action—which means I'm working through the pitches already in my inbox (sorry if I owe you an email!) and thinking about the year ahead. If you've got a brilliant story for @prospectmagazine.co.uk, drop me a line

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Happy new year, internet. It’s a bright and icy day in Edinburgh, and I’m still feeling the warmth of Karine Polwart’s Come Away In concert with hundreds of community singers in St Giles yesterday. The message of hospitality and humanity is one I'll hold onto in 2025.

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Through some dodgy internet connections, I managed to chat with Cas for the podcast. We talked about elections, America—and why Europeans sometimes shouldn't feel so superior...

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So pleased that @casmudde.bsky.social was able to write this piece on the "year of elections" for our final issue of 2024.

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My latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk column is on why Labour need to create a proper mechanism for appointing advisers and getting policy ideas. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/wes...

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It's the last issue of the year (and the reason I owe so many of you emails—sorry!). A bumper issue on the state of democracy, Prospect's Top Thinkers and Books of the Year. Check it out!

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Recent discussions on Radio 4 around migration have been very disappointing. Interviewers have echoed rather than interrogated the claims of right wing parties and interests across Europe.

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🎥: The government is spending billions on a temporary accommodation system that harms those it is designed to protect. What can be done? @jacktshaw.bsky.social joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social the Prospect Podcast to discuss. www.youtube.com/watc...

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quite the cover from @politico.eu

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What were some good things that happened this year? What were your glimpses of light? When I think back on the past 12 months, I struggle to think of many!

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