France, Mali and military coups
French interventionism in Mali has fostered little stability
Hope and fear for Belarus
The protests in Belarus, like in Venezuela, may end up as a missed opportunity
Iraq’s year of assassinations
Power operates within a militia movement in which no one is invulnerable
Turkey: neither Neo-Ottoman nor Universal Islamist
Western leaders are misconstruing the nature of Turkey’s government and its mission at home and abroad
Scars: stories of human resilience
Scars affect how we are seen and are often imbued with negative connotations – but instead of seeing a scar, can we see a story?
What Boris Johnson told the ’22
Digs at Nicola Sturgeon and an end to lockdown “before the tulip season is over”
The universal appeal of self-pity
Zeinab Badawi’s ‘The History of Africa’ (BBC World News)
Heads should roll after the BBC’s coverage of the Capitol Hill riot
Under Fran Unsworth, the BBC’s news and current affairs output has let us down again and again
His race is run
ASH Smyth remembers Ben Cross, Harold Abrahams, and the impact Chariots of Fire had on his 10-year-old self
What is the British Army for and where is it heading?
Will higher defence spending go on tech or boots on the ground?
Why Boris let the EU keep Northern Ireland
Two parties in Downing St. that explain why Boris Johnson ignored his Brexiteer base
Get stuck into mudlarking
Searching for treasure on the Thames foreshore is like “a giant history lucky dip”
Feminists must reject left and right
Louise Perry believes the old political labels are irrelevant for feminists
Letter for Washington: Biden, meet Boris
The case for tentative optimism about transatlantic relations