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A showdown is looming with Russia and China, but public confidence and belief in democratic institutions is waning, says Observer columnist Simon Tisdall

Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took on defending world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in a thrilling East-West clash dubbed the "match of the century". Some 50 million TV viewers tuned into the two-month-long tussle…

Billionaires won't give up on corporate rule. The angry masses embrace fascist demagogues. This won't end well

Global leaders confront unprecedented crises — amid growing pessimism about their ability to manage these disruptions.

The least we owe Ukraine is full support, and to do this we need a stronger Nato

In this analysis of six national leaders, the grand old man of US politics offers a broad-brush history of international statecraft but ignores the death and destruction that sometimes resulted

The former presidential candidate on negotiating with Putin, the ‘prophet’ Margaret Atwood — and why the Democrats need to rein in the radical left

Cold War alliances are being strengthened while the classic foes of the "free West" are forging stronger links at a moment when France is exiting the helm of the EU.

It’s Too Soon for a Lasting Diplomatic Settlement

The Washington conference, a high-level council of war, will be headlined by Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general

Kissinger is wrong: urrendering territory would have terrible consequences for the world, says the former Ukrainian defence minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk