Across the world, centre-left governments and the traditional parties of the working class are in crisis. Reformism has hit up against the rocks of reality, unable to offer anything to workers and youth in this age of austerity. Daniel Morley examines the historic decline of social democracy and points the way forward for leaders, such as Corbyn, in the fight to defend the gains of the past.

Greece has been in and out of the news headlines, as other events push it into the background, such as the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, the Brexit vote, or the tumultuous class conflict gripping France. Nonetheless, Greece remains the weak point within the EU. The country is moving inexorably onwards towards a major crisis that will affect the whole of Europe.

The recent NATO summit in Warsaw, earlier this month, was full of contradictions and tensions between members of the alliance. Ben Gliniecki and Hamid Alizadeh discuss the fragility of NATO’s power and the instability of world relations, which were on display for all to see at this latest summit.