Elliott Abrams
The Arabs need us to support democracy
Since the Arab Spring, authoritarian regimes are on the march. To discourage democrats is bad for the West as well as for their peoples
The US Can Still Help Save Syria — and Iraq
Is President Obama’s announcement that he wishes to ‘ramp up’ support for the rebels a serious policy change or more obfuscation?
Neoconservatism: A Good Idea That Won’t Go Away
Critics like to think that neoconservative ideas lie buried in the sands of Iraq. But neocons are still in the mainstream of US politics
Against the Obama Doctrine of Decline
The next US president needs to learn from the blunders of this administration to pursue a foreign policy worthy of a great power
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal