Mitchell Blatt
Mitchell Blatt is an international journalist who covers issues related to Asia
An “Asian NATO” would be no good for U.S. foreign policy
America’s expansive view of its national interest is built on unstable foundations
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism