Billy Bunter
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
