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“Now we are breathing”: A letter from Syria
The overthrow of Assad and the rebels’ victory are historic moments beyond description
Fared al-Mahlool
Columns
Politics is in an Age of No
Peter Kellner
Church of England
Anatomy of a Church abuse scandal
Andrew Brown
Church of England
The campaign to oust Justin Welby wasn’t just about safeguarding
Adrian Beney
Prospect Podcast
Assad’s fall: What the west gets wrong
Prospect Team
Politics
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The Insider
France and Germany are stalling. Can they recover?
Both nations have weak caretaker governments at a highly dangerous moment
Andrew Adonis
People
Jonathan Coe: When Liz Truss sounds like Trump
Philip Clark
Labour Party
Labour and the case for dispersing power
Philip Collins
Law
What Keir Starmer’s speech did not say about crime
DAT Green
Magazine
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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

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Democracy is in a doom spiral—but it isn’t dead yet

The far right thrived in 2024, and the erosion of liberal democracy is the  story of the century so far. It didn’t have to be this way

Cas Mudde
Saving the west, one polemic at a time
James Bloodworth
25 thinkers for an uncertain world
Prospect Team
Concrete resistance: how one building symbolises Kharkiv’s defiance
Jen Stout
Want to imagine the city of the future? Try Milton Keynes
Deyan Sudjic
Prospect’s books of the year 2024: Politics & Reportage
Peter Hoskin
A mother’s work
Rachel Johnson
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Media Popular stories image
Why it’s time for the ultra-rich to abandon luxury—and their private jets—to save the world
Alan Rusbridger
International Law Popular stories image
‘A world with no holocausts’: The Shoah survivor backing ICC prosecutions
Jessica Abrahams
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Intellectuals and Ideas Popular stories image
Saving the west, one polemic at a time
James Bloodworth
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Will ICC prosecutions bring Netanyahu to justice?
Conor Gearty
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Sometimes men pay me not to have sex, but to talk
Tilly Lawless
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The individuals who change the course of humanity
Sheila Hancock From the magazine
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How cricket is changing children‘s lives in Lebanon
Michael Brearley From the magazine
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In times of peril, friends are there to send memes
Alice Goodman From the magazine
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I’m a boring gen Z—so I tried sober October
Alice Garnett From the magazine
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND
The campaign to oust Justin Welby wasn’t just about safeguarding
Adrian Beney
COLUMNS
Politics is in an Age of No
Peter Kellner
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Anatomy of a Church abuse scandal
Andrew Brown
THE INSIDER
France and Germany are stalling. Can they recover?
Andrew Adonis
SYRIA
“Now we are breathing”: A letter from Syria
Fared al-Mahlool
PEOPLE
Jonathan Coe: When Liz Truss sounds like Trump
Philip Clark
SYRIA
Assad’s fall brings a new pragmatism to the Middle East
Lina Khatib
A GOOD DEATH
Who will pay for assisted dying?
Mark Mardell
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Councils are shutting locals out of green spaces
The Covert Councillor
LABOUR PARTY
Labour and the case for dispersing power
Philip Collins
World
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Syria
Assad’s fall brings a new pragmatism to the Middle East
The region realigns following the Syrian opposition’s victory
Lina Khatib
Syria
The Syrian rebels’ long road to Damascus
Lizzie Porter
North America
Can one woman beat Mexico’s cartels?
Deborah Bonello
From the magazine
Ukraine
Concrete resistance: how one building symbolises Kharkiv’s defiance
Jen Stout
From the magazine
Podcasts
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DECEMBER 11, 2024
Assad’s fall: What the west gets wrong
DECEMBER 05, 2024
AI: how to stop Big Tech ripping off journalism (again)
DECEMBER 04, 2024
Is democracy in crisis?
DECEMBER 02, 2024
Q&A: Lionel’s wild ride
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Trump 2.0: Buckle up! It’s going to be wild
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Rachel Shabi: The truth about antisemitism
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Weightlifting, snogging and the power of nature
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Reporting on a burning planet
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Temporary accommodation: a national scandal
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Q&A: Michael Lewis, the Observer and asking difficult questions
Culture
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Culture
Prospect’s books of the year 2024: Ideas
From the importance of games to the bounds of knowledge itself
Peter Hoskin
From the magazine
Culture
Mystery writer
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
From the magazine
Culture
Tolkien the timekeeper
Henry Oliver
From the magazine
Culture
The next thing
Oliver Soden
From the magazine
Ideas
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Intellectuals and Ideas
Saving the west, one polemic at a time
Over many years, Douglas Murray has built a huge following as a darling of the global illiberal right. His intellectual journey is a reproachful mirror for our times
James Bloodworth
From the magazine
British History
Our true slaving history
David Leigh
From the magazine
Culture
How the Royal Society of Literature lost the plot
Patrick Marnham
From the magazine
Ideas
Unicorns and dinosaurs are everywhere!
Priya Khanchandani
From the magazine
Views
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People
Palestinian-Israeli politician Ayman Odeh: ‘You can’t beat the right without us’
The leader of left-wing Hadash on why Israel’s centre-left can’t defeat Netanyahu without Palestinian citizens
Alona Ferber
From the magazine
A good death
What makes a good death?
Mark Mardell
From the magazine
United States
Paula Byrne’s diary: a Manhattan transfer
Paula Byrne
From the magazine
US election 2024
Polls are out, listening is in
Ethan Zuckerman
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Public Health gets personal: The case for an AI-driven personalised prevention platform
Samantha Field
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Announcing the winner of the Bennett Public Policy Prize 2024
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To grow the north, first we must connect the north
Jon Bernstein
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Higginson Strategy: Why we’re supporting Top Thinkers 2024
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