Foreign Policy
Soft power has little substance
The foreign policy concept has been used as an excuse for declinist myth-making
Necessary force
It was right for the US and the UK to attack Houthi military positions
What is Britain getting into in Yemen?
We have seen too many disastrous interventions to be confident now
The multi-matrixed revolutions
Predictions of a new Cold War understate the complexity of the future
Do not forget Armenia
Why has an act of blatant ethnic cleansing been widely ignored?
The narcissism of the centrists
Why we should care less about Britain’s international standing
The man who loved power
Henry Kissinger loved to wield power more than he respected its implications
The American position in the Middle East courts peril
Keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria is too much of a gamble
Lording it over us
Cameron may not be a welcome sight, but we should celebrate the return of peers to the cabinet
Against the neoconservative case for Israel
British foreign policy should put British interests first
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
