US foreign policy
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
Ukraine: Where’s the peace plan?
If we don’t create a road to peace, Ukraine may become another Syria
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem
This is not the time to appease Iran
Iranians are risking their lives to bring down their theocratic regime
Where does American strategy go from here?
What are the strategic options for American defence policy following the Afghanistan withdrawal?
Letter from Washington: A final miscalculation in Afghanistan
The bungled US withdrawal marks a low point in the Biden presidency
Letter from Washington: Afghan blues
The Taliban’s grimly predictable advance is a reminder that withdrawal is not the end of Biden’s Afghanistan headache
Letter from Washington: Biden ends America’s longest war
Oliver Wiseman on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan this week
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
