Trump is angry with a world that won't give him easy deals | Rafael Behr
Trump is angry with a world that won't give him easy deals | Rafael Behr
In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crises, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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June 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Trump is angry with a world that won't give him easy deals | Rafael Behr
A Trump-Putin pact is emerging – and Europe is its target | Rafael Behr
A Trump-Putin pact is emerging – and Europe is its target | Rafael Behr
US betrayal of Ukraine is the rehearsal for a grander bargain with Moscow and an assault on continental solidarity, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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March 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A Trump-Putin pact is emerging – and Europe is its target | Rafael Behr
Putin and Trump are both trapped in losing battles against reality | Rafael Behr
Putin and Trump are both trapped in losing battles against reality | Rafael Behr
The Ukraine and Iran wars are very different, but a common authoritarian delusion unites the men who started them, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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June 10, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Putin and Trump are both trapped in losing battles against reality | Rafael Behr
Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyranny, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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January 21, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr
Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr
If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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April 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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April 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
She’s Frenemies with Brew Behr
June 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
She’s Frenemies with Brew Behr
Yuki & Candy Behr NoCC makeover :)
November 15, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Yuki & Candy Behr NoCC makeover :)
When Maga oligarchs control the platforms, it isn’t really a debate about ‘free speech’ | Rafael Behr
When Maga oligarchs control the platforms, it isn’t really a debate about ‘free speech’ | Rafael Behr
The debate over banning under-16s from social media should raise deeper questions about who controls democracy’s digital infrastructure, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
When Maga oligarchs control the platforms, it isn’t really a debate about ‘free speech’ | Rafael Behr
Trump’s ego-trip war has collided with economic reality but he can’t undo the damage | Rafael Behr
Trump’s ego-trip war has collided with economic reality but he can’t undo the damage | Rafael Behr
The US president’s doctrine of lawless military adventures harms American interests and boosts Vladimir Putin, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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March 11, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Trump’s ego-trip war has collided with economic reality but he can’t undo the damage | Rafael Behr
Trump swallowing Putin’s lies is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs | Rafael Behr
Trump swallowing Putin’s lies is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs | Rafael Behr
The Russian leader will say he wants peace as long as it serves his interests – and play on the president’s desperation to ‘make a deal’ quickly, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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August 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Trump swallowing Putin’s lies is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs | Rafael Behr
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May 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president | Rafael Behr
In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president | Rafael Behr
By claiming that any regulation is censorship, the White House is bullying Britain to abandon online safety laws and digital taxes, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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April 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president | Rafael Behr
Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more | Rafael Behr
Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more | Rafael Behr
Cosying up to Trump is an all-in gamble. Britain should be building better relations with more reliable allies closer to home, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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September 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more | Rafael Behr
Column, on the prime minister who had room to manoeuvre and chose to besiege himself instead. Again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Keir Starmer is caught in yet another trap of his own making | Rafael Behr
The prime minister’s immigration approach follows a now-familiar pattern: letting fear of a difficult argument get in the way of policy that might work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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May 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Column, on the prime minister who had room to manoeuvre and chose to besiege himself instead. Again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Trump’s Maga to Farage’s Reform, they’re all following Putin’s nationalism playbook | Rafael Behr
From Trump’s Maga to Farage’s Reform, they’re all following Putin’s nationalism playbook | Rafael Behr
Reform is promising a ‘patriotic school curriculum’ – but what does that mean? In the end it comes down to submission to the leader, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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February 25, 2026 at 6:32 AM
From Trump’s Maga to Farage’s Reform, they’re all following Putin’s nationalism playbook | Rafael Behr
As his landmark Brexit has proved, Farage is a fraud.
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
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Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
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Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
As his landmark Brexit has proved, Farage is a fraud.
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
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Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
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Debbie Harry by Sheri Lynn Behr, 1970s
December 4, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Debbie Harry by Sheri Lynn Behr, 1970s
Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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December 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
Trump is being schooled on the limits of US power – but he is a slow learner | Rafael Behr
Trump is being schooled on the limits of US power – but he is a slow learner | Rafael Behr
Last year it was China’s answer to tariffs, now it’s Iran’s retaliation to airstrikes – ‘America First’ keeps foundering on global economics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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March 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Trump is being schooled on the limits of US power – but he is a slow learner | Rafael Behr
Column: Badenoch's task was to make the Tories serious again. Past week has confirmed that she can't and won't. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed | Rafael Behr
By jumping on Elon Musk’s passing bandwagon and echoing the far right, the Conservative leader has shown she doesn’t understand her responsibilities, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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January 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Column: Badenoch's task was to make the Tories serious again. Past week has confirmed that she can't and won't. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...