How do we reconcile truth and morality with the past? This was the grand challenge that the philosopher rose to meet ...

He may avoid immediate constitutional and legal sanctions, but this threat against Iran should not be forgotten ...

On the morning of 28th February, Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, a nine-year-old pupil at the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, a city in southern Iran, left for school. Standing at the top of the stairs ...

The UK has chosen not to follow Trump into the war on Iran. Has Keir Starmer damaged the “special relationship”—or was it the right call? This week Philip and Ellen are joined by Kim Darroch, former ...

The party is over: Is this the end for Labour and the Tories?

The War Powers Act was designed to keep misguided presidents in check, but Congress is not capable of using it to challenge him ...

This isn’t Iraq 2.0. It’s potentially far worse Britain has avoided being dragged into the war. But we are already feeling its effects ...

Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened to escalate the war in Ukraine by breaking the nuclear taboo. In June, as Russia installed tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, he raised the spectre of a ...

Twelfth November was an unremarkable day in British politics. Another day when the topic of debate wasn’t one of voters’ main concerns—immigration or healthcare, say, or the budget, or the farmers—but ...

In the last year, the United States has transitioned from flawed liberal democracy to competitive authoritarianism. In this new regime, institutions as diverse as universities, law firms and news ...

It is commonly acknowledged that while biological sex is genetically determined, gender is a social construct. A human being cannot—and should not—be reduced to their biology, or indeed their genitals ...

The results of Prospect's world thinkers poll After more than 10,000 votes from over 100 countries, the results of Prospect’s world thinkers 2013 poll are in. Online polls often throw up curious ...