Geopolitics
Is this the end of Western liberal democracy?
We need to appreciate the inherent messiness that permeates Western societies, rather than seeking to repudiate it
None should sleep
A TOSCCA conversation on potential catastrophe in the Caucasus
Power plays
The Western powers should beware making belligerent threats they cannot back up
Two Cheers for Nuclear Proliferation
An obsession with the dangers of proliferation overlooks its positive effects
The real rogue state
Wherever the outrage is about the success of Sinn Fein, there hasn’t been a word from Brussels
An exercise in self-flagellation
Bruce Coleman finds that this book on the West India Interest is more polemical than historical
Why is Keir Starmer apologising for going to church?
Christian beliefs on charity and sexual ethics are not unrelated
Hollywood whinge-fests undermine contemporary feminism
Hollywood is often a slimy, cynical business, but weaponizing feminism against a critic you don’t like is a new low
Resurrect Reagan
In the wake of Trump, US conservatives must regain the moral high ground
Saving Rugby from BLM Marxism
Governors of boarding schools are supposed to be custodians, not political activists
The fine art of beetroot
Lisa Hilton swoons over postmodern but pricy three-star brilliance in Paris
The wrong war?
Jeremy Black says McMeekin’s account provides tough reading for anybody endorsing the Guardian’s view of history
The blissful political incorrectness of Soviet comedies
Soviet cinema reveals to the West that life in the USSR was not all grey, unsmiling misery; instead, the Soviets were just like us
Prince Philip’s military legacy
Prince Philip’s military service deserves to be remembered in its own right
How neutral is “Full Fact”?
Sometimes it’s hard to get anyone right