David Polansky
David Polansky is a research fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. He tweets at @polanskydj
How much respect does the US owe its allies?
If they want to be treated like independent nations, why don’t they act like them?
Antisemitism and the discourse of privilege
Progressives hierarchies are not kind to liberal Jews
Against the hysterical consensus
The US has to confront its own global identity
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
