Foreign Affairs
Abed and me
David Smith recalls past conflicts between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and a special friend who kept him alive
Iran’s hostage diplomacy
The UK Government’s reluctance to acknowledge Iran’s hostility shows the bizarre lengths to which countries must now go to appease Iran
Staying out is the hard part
There are no dominoes to fall in Afghanistan
The bid to stabilise Mali
James Snell reports on the deployment of British Troops in Mali as a part of the UN’s mission to counter jihadist groups
Russia’s policy of Westernophobia
Weekly pressers from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have turned into festivals of hostility towards the countries caught in the Kremlin’s crosshairs — why?
Has China initiated a Cold War against Britain and the United States?
Sir Iain Duncan Smith gives his assessment to Graham Stewart
Yemen’s ceasefire is a sham — the war is far from over
Recent developments in Yemen’s civil war show that the Iranian-backed Houthis are clearly considered the winning side
The university professor and the fake Russian spy
How did an undercover sting catch out an epidemiologist promoting conspiracy theories about the Syrian regime?
The godfathers of Greek independence
From its very inception as a nation state, Greece learned that it needed allies with shared interests and values to successfully fight the Turks
The problem with American isolationism
Despite the histrionics of domestic American opinion, a single rocket attack in Syria does not indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is likely to be more aggressive