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Review of ‘For a Left Populism’

In this book, political scientist Chantal Mouffe argues that populism could be the only way to reinvigorate a faltering left

Reuters

Of trolls, tragedies and conspiracies

What Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel Sabrina reveals about the dark mood of the Trump Era

By Thomas Greven

EPA

Review of ‘The Decline of the West’ by Joschka Fischer

The former German foreign minister offers a keen analysis of the West’s dilemmas – complex, alarming, but not without hope

By Paul Hockenos

Reuters

'Globalization and its Discontents Revisited'

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says workers and citizens are missing out on the benefits of globalisation

By Paul Hockenos

EPA

Review of 'Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams' by John Feffer

Twenty-five years after fall of communism, journalist John Feffer returns to Eastern Europe – a region plagued by political and social divisions

By Paul Hockenos

EPA

Dear Mr Trump: please read this book

Paul Hockenos' 'Berlin Calling' reveals the truth about living behind a wall – from Bowie's bohemia to neo-Nazi clashes

By Emma Bullimore