Afghanistan
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
The Great Game
Professor Jeremy Black on the 19th century cold war over Asia between Russian and Britain
Where following Boris leads you
Going viral with Allegra
The suicide bomber and me
A trip to Afghanistan to report on the destruction of the opium crop almost resulted in death
Can countries ever really be friends?
Are we witnessing the usual ups and downs in the anglosphere relationship or do countries really only act in self interest?
Making the hard choices
Tony Blair was right to take on the Taliban after 9/11
9/11 confidential
This 9/11 documentary gained extraordinary access to the key decision makers, deploying the material with skill and confidence
The noise before defeat
Even a good retreat would not have rescued a bad war
The Second Coming of George W. Bush
The public image of the 43rd President of the United States has undergone a surprising revival
Where does American strategy go from here?
What are the strategic options for American defence policy following the Afghanistan withdrawal?
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
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We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism