Brendan Simms
Underrated: Tony Blair
The former Prime Minister, whose call for Western military intervention in Syria is consistent with his words and actions in office
ONLINE ONLY: Thatcher, Reagan and the Dictators
The Iron Lady’s record with authoritarians is mixed but her profound confidence in the democratic rights of all peoples shines through
Can We Ever Escape Him?
Book review of Hitler: A Short Biography by A.N. Wilson
Foot Soldier
Michael Foot’s inimitable character left its impression on a war-time and desperate Croatia
Angela Merkel
The German Chancellor’s stance to Iran’s mullahs is refreshingly robust
David Miliband
The British Foreign Secretary has failed to take on Iran’s mullahs
Eric Hobsbawm
Our ‘national teddy bear’ of an historian has got it wrong more times than he would like mentioned
ONLINE ONLY: Serbia Has Found Its Soul
The capture of Radovan Karadzic offers hope for the future of Serbia
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts