Person: Owen Matthews

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Why Europe’s populist revolt is spreading

Josh Lowe, Owen Matthews and Matt McAllester examine what’s happening in Europe to try to understand what’s behind the emergence and spread of the current global populist revolt

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The rise of populist nationalism: Rejecting the future for memories of past

The UK’s vote to leave the EU reflects a global trend in which people left behind by globalisation embrace a murky blend of nostalgia and nationalism, writes British historian Owen Matthews.

Tue, 05 Jul, 2016

Where the roots of war still run deep

The battle between the Kurds and the Turkish state remains the longest-running insurgency in the world. Owen Matthews visits Turkey’s war-torn south east and finds that the opportunity for peace was sacrificed on the altar of political expediency by the country’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Tue, 20 Oct, 2015

BIG READ: Russia leading the way in the cyber arms race

Russia is leading the way, as new technology is combined with old spying techniques, says Owen Matthews

Sat, 13 Jun, 2015

Back to the USSR for a nostalgic Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin’s nostalgia for the Soviet Union has never been a secret but, post-Crimea, the Kremlin has been actively campaigning for a return to a totalitarian state, writes Owen Matthews.

Tue, 24 Jun, 2014

Traumatic past buries hope for future

For many Russians, reforms mean not freedom but a slow implosion of life’s possibilities, writes Owen Matthews

Thu, 29 Dec, 2011