Con Coughlin
Let the Soldiers do the Fighting, says the General
Britain’s former chief of staff says politicians have undermined military strategy by meddling, leading Putin and Islamic State to despise the West
Underrated: Hamid Karzai
The retiring Afghan President who, for all his faults, has defended freedom and democracy
Overrated: The Emir of Qatar
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani: the ruler who funds Islamist extremists
Rough Justice or Murder?
The Reckoning tells of how Avraham Stern’s death changed the fate of Israel
Overrated: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Despite their Supreme Leader’s violent hostility to Israel and the West, many Iranians believe he is simply not up to the job
His Master’s Angry Voice
A disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini’s apocalyptic ideology, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is about to turn Iran into a nuclear rogue state
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past