International Relations
An anaconda in the chandelier?
Benedict Rogers’ new book maps the vast network of repression propped up by China’s regime
Hope for peace in Ukraine
We should all welcome the chance for serious talks
Has the media forgotten Iran?
Brave protesters are still fighting for their freedoms
Close the Confucius Institutes
Britain should not be enabling Chinese soft power
Armenia’s lonely plight
Why don’t we care?
Incompetents abroad
Our hopeless foreign policy elite has no idea of what winning in Ukraine looks like — or how to bring it about
The Realist bogeyman
Everyone likes to shoot the messenger and nobody likes to hear “I told you so”
Why nuclear abolition should fail
The harsh reality is that the nuclear revolution is irreversible and makes major wars significantly less likely
Right requires Might
Rules mean nothing without the means to enforce them
Playing pipeline politics
The Gulf countries may not be reliable partners against Russia
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
