Institutional Dilemmas and Long-Standing Problems: A Case Study and Reflection on the Tibetan Exile Electoral System
In recent years, controversies surrounding the electoral system of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) have ceased to be isolated incidents, but rather reveal long-standing, recurring institutional problems. A review of…
Pape Gueye fires Senegal to Afcon glory against Morocco after walk-off chaos
This had been, by general agreement, the most predictable, least dramatic Cup of Nations in living memory. And that was true, until injury time in the final, when a video…
Venus Williams sets Australian Open record at age of 45 but falters with win in sight
American becomes oldest singles player at tournament Williams led 4-0 in deciding set before stumbling Venus Williams set a record just by starting her first-round match at the Australian Open,…
Iran cannot be bombed into democracy. But it can be helped to find its way there | Simon Tisdall
Independent media, civil society, the rule of law – these are the things that Iranians truly need. And there are ways for the west to help secure them Soon after…
Why America needs a new antiwar movement – and how it can win | Jeremy Varon
Demonstrations against the Iraq war proved protest works. Now we must halt destruction before it more powerfully starts In spring 2004, Gen Anthony Zinni uttered about Iraq the dreaded words…
The Guardian view on Trump and Greenland: get real! Bullying is not strength | Editorial
Tariff threats over the Arctic island expose the limits of coercive diplomacy. Europe’s united response and pushback shows fear is fading For all Donald Trump’s bluster about restoring American strength,…
Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies | Susie Orbach
The food, beauty and pharmaceutical industries poison our self-image. GLP-1 drugs will only make them richer – and strengthen the hold they have over us Fifty years ago, I started…
The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial
Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up It is true that science is self-correcting. Over the long term this…
JD Vance: ‘despicable toady for Trump’ – and 2028 candidate in all but name
Vice-president has emerged as key defender of Maga flame – and is backed by big tech billions. Is this the heir apparent? “We did not have a lot of money,”…
The pitfalls of perfectionism – and why ‘good enough’ should be your goal | Gill Straker and Jacqui Winship
Healthy striving – a flexible wish to improve – accepts limits and understands that error is integral to mastery The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health…