Foreign Policy
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
No happy endings
Our worst sin has been to be weak, rather than merely to be wrong
NATO’s unhappy birthday
The world is growing more dangerous and its members need the will to confront new challenges
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
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
The liberal establishment is to blame for public outrage
Ignoring and enabling horrendous crimes has encouraged a nativist backlash
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
