The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
