War
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
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
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Two-tier immigration?
Britain has its border priorities out of whack
