Just as Martin Luther’s utopian vision and the invention of the printing press led to an era of religious war and turmoil, the internet, hailed as a portal to a better world, is threatening democracy

It’s time Citizen Zuck came clean: social networks won it for Trump

An overview of my new book The Square and the Tower, published by Penguin in the UK on October 5, 2017

Shrewd flirting with Democrats suggests he is a ‘Republican in name only’

Theresa May’s waning reign echoes Queen Anne’s succession crisis

Our Brexit agonies are, indeed, just like divorce but may still be worth it

As the world slides towards a ‘grave crisis’, history prepares to mock us again

Trump bungled Charlottesville, but let’s not forget the other extremists.

History can hinge on a single decision. One is near over North Korea.