Communism
Corbyn’s Trots
Entryism plagued the Labour Party in the 1970s, and is doing so again
Will Putin’s Empire Outlast The Soviets?
In 1984, Laszlo Solymar (under a pseudonym) predicted the collapse of the USSR. Will today’s Russia suffer the same fate?
British Witnesses To Lenin’s Revolution
Five British writers were in Russia in 1917. Each one had his own story, but all were overwhelmed by the powerful tide of history
Stalin’s Man In London
The newly-published diaries of Ivan Maisky are an extraordinarily important 21st-century contribution to our understanding of the Second World War
Fischer’s Cuban Crisis
A lesser-known Cold War chess clash which left Bobby Fischer the worse for wear
Unhappy Birth Days
A radical French obstetrician believes modern society is the enemy of childbirth
Getting Away With Murder
A new thriller set in late-Stalinist Soviet Union has alarmed Russian authorities
Lee’s Legacy
“Lee Kuan Yew met every Chinese leader from Mao to Xi Jinping. But is China following his Singaporean model?”
Communism’s Comeback?
The West has missed an opportunity
Delenda Est?
Why must so many wars be refought?
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics