American foreign policy
No, Cheney was not the boss of Bush
The idea that the War on Terror was the work of a hardline cabal is too simplistic
Stay cool, Mr Trump
The US need not fear losing influence in the Middle East to Moscow or Beijing
Dick Cheney was an architect of American decline
The former VP had a disastrous career
The problem with peacekeepers
Peacekeepers are a temporary measure — not a permanent solution
The end of transatlanticism
We are witnessing the end of the transatlantic partnership. But breakup was long overdue
Air power is not enough
America and Israel cannot win the war against Iran from the skies
Don’t go down to Mexico
Negotiation, not invasion, is the way to deal with cartel violence
Is it a no-go for NATO?
American conservatives are more worried about domestic concerns
How Donald Trump can be a winner
Trump has a great opportunity if he is clear-sighted enough to grasp it
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
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
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd