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When the greatest power in the world can’t win

For three decades after The Cold WarWashington operated under a dangerous assumption: that military supremacy could infinitely compensate for diplomatic fatigue. The United States possessed the most advanced armed forces in the world, unrivaled naval reach, and a financial system…

The SNP are still in power – but Scotland has changed

Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Five more years. A quarter of a century of nationalist rule. The SNP has emerged from another Holyrood election undefeated, seemingly invincible. After an underwhelming campaign that failed to capture the national imagination, Scotland…