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Socialist leader forced into situation he feared in fight for parliamentary majority
Liberal dogmatism risks alienating the ‘exhausted majority’
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There are disquieting similarities between the US today and the medieval Catholic church
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Weak efforts to diversify and invest are a common thread through period of turmoil
Unemployment and lack of reforms underpin protests in Middle East and north Africa
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Crises such as Hong Kong protests and African swine fever offer sterner test of party’s grip on power
Moscow would readily agree that US president is the best in history
President caved in to protesters but is now left with limited budget options
Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s ruling party faces checks on its power as economic clouds gather
China’s choice to ignore island’s history before 1949 shapes international perception
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President is marshalling his administration in pursuit of a fringe conspiracy theory
Western democratic tradition and China’s authoritarianism duel for primacy in Hong Kong
