Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Ukraine’s dangerous friends
The embattled nation must resist the siren song of possible NATO membership
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
We’re all living in America
Britain’s elite is obsessed with Trump and the States, when it needs to concentrate on the Home Front
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Idiot voters
Badenoch’s team aren’t idiots. Not like the voters
Red lines
Fighting Ulster’s flag downgrade
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
No Kemi, liberalism hasn’t been hacked
Badenoch’s party brought us to this point. It was no accident
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
