Foreign Policy
The Chagos Islands deal is even worse than it looks
It could have horrific environmental consequences
The end of liberal hegemony
Europe must decide if it can become a serious actor on the world stage
Britain is bungling its relationship with Beijing
From espionage to research, Britain’s approach to China is not fit for purpose
The case for realism
We should be pessimistic about the possibility of change
Eurocentric view of an American giant
The author and people like him see every problem as justifying “more Europe”
How Net Zero is weakening the West
Statecraft takes steel, not just high-minded aspirations
How progressive authoritarianism is putting national security in jeopardy
The Government’s approach to the defence sector needs to protect our interests
Alliances are overrated
Alliances can have value, but they are means, not ends
The meaning and meaninglessness of military parades
A show of force might be a disturbing display of intent but it says nothing about military readiness
Niall Ferguson’s luxury beliefs
Attempts to build a new ideological project in foreign policy are less than convincing
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic