Taiwan
America is divided on Taiwan
That might be a good thing
The rise and fall of the China Question
Balance China realistically: let her overstretch and bleed
China: The rules of engagement
How should America deal with a newly aggressive and expansionist Beijing?
China’s long march towards global hegemony continues
Unfortunately for Britain, those things which might be hoped to constrain a budding imperial power do not hold China back
The courage to defeat Evil
Why are people fighting a long-dead slave trade rather than resisting the triumph of a real one?
Five reasons WHO must be rethought
A crisis mustn’t be allowed to let WHO lay us to waste
Covid-19’s willing accomplice
How Tedros Ghebreyesus and the WHO devastated the world to flatter China
Controlling crises
How do governments of past, present, national and international deal with crises?
Covid is a symptom of the Age of China
British statecraft is not protecting us from an emerging autocratic superpower
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
