WHO knows best
Why are we confusing ourselves with greek variant names?
Is Belarus entitled to sovereignty?
In the air or on the ground
Post-Colonial
When will we get serious about cyberwarfare?
Pointless bloodshed
Israel will remain intact and strong. Gaza will stay poor and isolated
Iran’s hostage diplomacy
The UK Government’s reluctance to acknowledge Iran’s hostility shows the bizarre lengths to which countries must now go to appease Iran
The bid to stabilise Mali
James Snell reports on the deployment of British Troops in Mali as a part of the UN’s mission to counter jihadist groups
Afghanistan outsourced
Does Biden’s withdrawal include the thousands of mercenaries keeping it going?
Front line dictator
What the death of Idriss Deby Itno in battle means for the fight against Islamic terrorism
Uncovering the GRU
The GRU, Unit 29155 of Russia’s military intelligence service, is a remarkable failure of counterintelligence and politics from the West, says James Snell
The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff
The notorious fraudster Bernie Madoff has died in prison at the age of 82
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
