Tensions over North Korea continue to simmer as Donald Trump adopts a more bellicose and belligerent stance. This imperialist sabre-rattling is a threat to everyone, raising fears of a Third World War. With a maverick in the White House, far-right demagogues on the rise, and the world economy in crisis, it is clear that we are in an epoch of profound instability.

After months of turbulent campaigning, the drama of the first round of the French presidential elections has come to a close, with Macron and Le Pen left to face each other in the run-off. Most notable in these elections was the unprecedented collapse of the traditional parties and the rise of the radical left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his “Rebellious France” movement.

Recep Tayyib Erdogan officially won the YES vote in Turkey’s referendum to grant him, as president, sweeping and unchecked powers. But while the referendum was staged to give the impression of a strong regime with solid backing – a democratic vote for dictatorship, as some had called it – it has, in fact, revealed the exact opposite.