Diplomacy
Soft power has little substance
The foreign policy concept has been used as an excuse for declinist myth-making
In praise of being undiplomatic
The Falklands should always be the Falklands
The miracle of peace
Bill Clinton’s legacy in Northern Ireland
A tragedy of manners
Is the US endangering its status in Europe?
Hope for peace in Ukraine
We should all welcome the chance for serious talks
Bleeding the Russian bear white
Britain, the US and the War in Ukraine
Infinite enjoyment
Duff Cooper understood wine’s power as ‘firm friend and wise councillor’
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
