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Cas Mudde assesses the health of democracy and James Bloodworth explains the rise of polemicist Douglas Murray. In Ukraine, Jen Stout reports on the symbolism of Europe’s first skyscraper, while we present the shortlist of 25 Top Thinkers for 2025

Dec 6, 2023 · Every year, Prospect puts together a list of Top Thinkers—a curated list of people who, through their ideas, are making an impact in the world right now—and asks you, the readers of this esteemed magazine, to vote for a winner.

A year on from the 7th October, Samir Al-Youssef and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen reflect on horror and trauma in the Middle East. Our critics offer a US culture special, while former Nato secretary general George Robertson pens a letter to voters

The Republican candidate has already damaged American democracy and the wider liberal order. Worse is to come

Dec 13, 2024 · In a Nevada courtroom, a family drama finally spilled out into public. On the streets of north London, hundreds of editorial staff walked out on strike. Look closely, and you can see a story of two newspaper giants, separated by more than a century, with very different ideas of what journalism should be.

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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are complicit in the farcical performance that debases every British election campaign. It is a mode of politics hopelessly inadequate for the challenges that we face—and the victor should break with it

Following Labour’s historic victory, Isabel Hilton explores how Britain might find its place in the world again. Meanwhile, some of the UK’s finest minds—including Justin Welby, Ruth Davidson and Antony Gormley give us their hopes for the UK’s future