Brendan Simms
Brendan Simms is Director of the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge.
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed