Defence
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
NATO’s unhappy birthday
The world is growing more dangerous and its members need the will to confront new challenges
Ukraine special
Patrick Porter and Sam Ashworth-Hayes discuss the Ukraine invasion
Chip race with China
China’s purchase of Newport Wafer Fab follows a strategy to control high-tech supply chains. Does our Government grasp the danger?
Afghanistan outsourced
Does Biden’s withdrawal include the thousands of mercenaries keeping it going?
Novel weapons
Could we be unwittingly researching both sides of a hypersonic arms race?
That is a renewed Trident deterrent and I am pleased to see you
NATO! I’m absolutely yours! SEATO? Never heard of her!
The simplest thing is difficult
Does Dominic Cummings know what he doesn’t know about Defence policy?
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy
It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
