Russia
Many tanks
Ukraine needs the arms required to win
The return to Kharkiv
As refugees come home, they have found their city changed forever
The art of the bad deal
How could the US have released Viktor Bout?
Puncturing Putin’s dangerous myths
Everyone reveres WWII myths — but the cult of the Great Patriotic War defines modern Russia
Regathering the Russian lands: the rationale for Putin’s war in Ukraine
The president’s inflammatory rhetoric is informed by two centuries of Russian nationalist thought centring on a distrust of Europe and a mission to recover all the lands of “Ancient Rus”
The curious cult of the friend of fascism
Ayn Rand’s vile philosophy was one of the crudest ever to be taken seriously, but attracts the devotion of fundamentalists for whom she could do no wrong
Making the moral case for war
Ukrainians face slaughter and subjugation. Church leaders must back them unequivocally
Mobilisation
Christ, humanity and war
The SPD
Many of Germany’s present woes were anticipated by Schröder’s time in office
What can Russia’s failure in Afghanistan teach us about its war in Ukraine?
The echoes should be ominous for the Kremlin
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
The war on women’s spaces
Roxanne Tickle’s legal triumph is nothing to giggle at
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
