Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression
Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today
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The Stem Cell Wars are Over
Thanks to a breakthrough, human embryos need not be sacrificed in the cause of science
Amoral Equivalence
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom by Gilles KepelThe Case Against Israel’s Enemies by Alan Dershowitz
Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad
Germany's fawning attitude towards Putin stems from a belief that Russia is the nearest thing it has to a colony
China’s Rural Nightmare
As the global economic crisis hits home, Beijing faces what the country’s rulers have always feared – a peasants’ revolt The waves from the subprime disaster have reached China, where the bottom
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Fidel & Che: A Revolutionary Friendship by Simon Reid-Henry
Caracas: Chávez’s Secret Fan Club
‘In his decade as president, Chávez has parlayed socioeconomic resentment into near-invincibility. But Venezuela’s decay, and the chinks in his armour, are there for all to see’ GETTY IMAGES And there it
A Foreign Affair: David Bowie in Berlin
Haunted by Isherwood's shade, the British musician flirted with fascism, then became a hero to the youth of the communist East
A Norwegian Thatcher?
The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains
Africa Has a Dream: Obama
The new president will be welcomed by most ordinary Africans, if not by their rulers
The Terrorist Threat to Business
Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and business commentator, discusses terrorism's growing menace with historian Michael Burleigh and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
A Cooler Shade of Red
A new museum exhibition of Cold War art leaves the nastiness of the communist system completely unacknowledged