Geopolitics
How much respect does the US owe its allies?
If they want to be treated like independent nations, why don’t they act like them?
A tale of two Africas
Ivory Coast and Eritrea are examples of two possible futures for African states
The seductive call of risk
Uncertain times attract reckless investors
A real coup or a Kremlin plot?
Could Russian influence lie behind unrest in Armenia
Deterrence requires discipline
Does it make sense to go hard if there is no final victory?
A heap of broken images
A new book finds some clarity in our unstable world
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Pushing the boundaries
The map of the world is likely to be redrawn, thanks to the decline of post war Pax Americana, an expansionist Russia and China, and the push for ethnic sovereignty
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.