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Can Santorum capitalize on his Feb 7 victories?
So Rick Santorum swept Minnesota, Colorado, and Missouri on Tuesday, and now all and sundry are scrambling to catch up on what that means and what his prospects are moving forward. Clearly the result took many (including me) by...
Angela Merkel needs all the help she can get | Timothy Garton Ash
Few had anticipated the leadership dilemmas of a European Germany in a German EuropeIn 1953 the novelist Thomas Mann appealed to an audience of students in Hamburg to strive for "not a German Europe but a European Germany". This...
Does Nevada mean that conservatives have begun to “rally” around Romney? Not really
The overall result of the Nevada caucus—a clear Mitt Romney victory—was so predictable that I haven’t really been following the campaign there and hadn’t planned to write about it. But then some of the media coverage of the...
February 2012 book talks
Monday February 13, 5pm-6.30pm at the Rothermere American Institute in Oxford. This is the official launch of my book, a talk moderated by Nigel Bowles with Tom Wales serving as a respondent, to be followed by a wine reception....
“Ground Wars” published
My book Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns is now officially out. At the most basic level, the book is about the role of people in political communication in the early 21st century. It has sort of...
Just like Scotland, Britain needs its referendum too | Timothy Garton Ash
David Cameron wants devo max for Britain in Europe. His fear of direct democracy will land us with the worst of both worldsDavid Cameron may yet go down to history as the man who pushed Scotland away from England and England away...
“Hi, I’m a volunteer with the Mitt Romney campaign, calling you from my computer…”
So Mitt Romney won what the Washington Post calls a “decisive victory” in Florida yesterday, and while the Republican presidential primary isn’t quite over (a majority of the votes still went to his three remaining rivals,...
Fear may well save the euro. Now for the politics of hope | Timothy Garton Ash
We must recognise that stability of the eurozone is no substitute for the larger project it was designed to usher inAngela Merkel came to Davos on Wednesday and, in a speech as solidly built as a Mercedes, once again assured the...
Gingrich needs an organization (and fast)
Newt Gingrich’s clear come-from-behind victory in the January 21 South Carolina primary has made the Republican Presidential Primary a lot more exciting than it looked after Iowa and New Hampshire. Clearly, many Republicans...
In France, genocide has become a political brickbat | Timothy Garton Ash
Next week's bill on denial of Ottoman atrocities against Armenians is an attack on free speech, one of many around the worldNext Monday the French Senate is to vote on a bill that will criminalise denial of the Armenian genocide...