Theo Zenou

Dr Theo Zenou is a historian and author who writes about global affairs, culture and power.

Articles

Europe

France will pay for Macron’s folly

Deep down, Emmanuel Macron always knew this day would come. ‘If we do not get a grip, whether it be in a few months, in five or ten years, the National Front will be in power,’ Macron wrote in his book ‘Revolution’, which came out a few months before he was elected president of France […]

Ideas

Political violence is no laughing matter

It is unprecedented in British politics. For the first time, PoliticsHome revealed on Monday, all candidates in the general election are being offered security. It ranges from guidance and briefings to protective details for high-risk individuals. Such drastic measures have never been taken before – not even in the 1970s and 1980s, when the IRA […]