Heather Allansdottir / 04 Sep 2026
Iceland’s Vote, Britain’s Mirror
Lessons for a Post-Brexit Nation
Ten years after Brexit, the UK remains institutionally adrift.(...)
Editorial
Ari Paul / 02 Sep 2026
Serbia and Israel’s Alliance is Even Worse Than it Looks
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
The world once knew what to do with perpetrators of genocide.(...)
Joel Schalit / 19 Aug 2026
Good News From The Battleground
Letter From the Editor
It wasn’t supposed to go this well. As July drew to a close, The Battleground recorded its highest monthly readership ever.(...)
Joel Schalit / 18 Aug 2026
Learning New Things About London
A Book-in-Progress
It was a first for London. That is, the London I grew up in.(...)
Sabina Knight / 15 Aug 2026
Coming to Terms with America
Framing American Democracy: Contemporary Artists Reflect, Wadsworth Atheneum
Beset by fears for US democracy, how do disenchanted Americans celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday?(...)
John Foster / 14 Aug 2026
How Migration Became Meloni’s Undoing
Racism, Populism and the Politics of Blame
Giorgia Meloni's attempt to score political points at Pedro Sánchez’s expense has backfired spectacularly.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 13 Aug 2026
A Complicated Man
The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne, by Keith Kahn-Harris
In The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne, Keith Kahn-Harris traces the singer’s improbable transformation from a divisive figure into someone who brought the world together.(...)
John Foster / 07 Aug 2026
Far-Right Identity Politics
Why the Left Failed
Why do societies that remain wealthy, educated, and formally democratic struggle to produce citizens who believe in democracy?(...)
Ceuta Shattered the EU Dream
Euroscepticism in an Age of Fascist Creep