Cold War
America first
No one can sensibly doubt that American primacy is much more agreeable to us than Chinese hegemony
China: Cold war or hot peace?
The culture clash between East and West is complicated by interdependence
China: The rules of engagement
How should America deal with a newly aggressive and expansionist Beijing?
When did the Cold War actually start?
Professor Jeremy Black picks-over the evidence with Graham Stewart
Smuggling Plato to Prague
Edward Lucas pays tribute to his father J.R. Lucas, Oxford philosopher and Cold War champion of the Czechs
A brave voice against the barbarians
David Pryce-Jones recalls a life of literary friendships and the defence of Western civilisation
My gratitude to the Cold War
As the the British Army presence in Germany came to an end, so did a way of life that engraved itself into the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Brits and Germans.
How to get history wrong: a case study
Jeremy Black explains the strange case of Edward Lucas
Winners of the Wall Game
A confident new Germany has consigned division to history
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
