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Defence

Obama’s Timidity Risks the World’s Security
The President has eviscerated the US defence budget, and so threatens to deprive America of the means to use decisive force
John Bolton

Last Post for a Global Power
Britain’s Strategic Defence and Security Review is cutting vital parts of the armed forces. It must be changed before events change it for us
Gwyn Prins

No Brits in Basra
British businesses are nowhere to be seen in Iraq, unlike the companies of those countries that opposed the war
Justin Marozzi

We Have to be Ready For Anything
The forthcoming defence review must answer our need to be able to face unpredictable threats
Alexander Woolfson

UN Non-Resolutions
'Because of all the procrastination, crippling or biting sanctions will not be imposed on Iran'
Emanuele Ottolenghi

The Craze for Counter-Insurgency
‘Like Churchill, Obama is not in awe of the overrated expertise of generals’
Michael Burleigh

A Military Solution for Afghanistan
Now that the insurgency is cracking, the time has come for Nato to send more troops into the war zone to finish off the job
Amir Taheri

Smarter than Smart Bombs
‘In his desire to see the bombers go into Iran, John Bolton does not consider the sort of smart sanctions experts actually envisage’
Michael Burleigh

A Mad Call to Arms
As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region
Shmuel Bar

Arms and the Man
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen; War Since 1990 and War: A Short History by Jeremy Black
Michael Burleigh

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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