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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
Defence
Features
US Politics
War on Terror
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
Defence
Features
Global Governance
International
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
Counterpoints
Defence
Developing World
Iraq
UK Politics
We Have to be Ready For Anything
The forthcoming defence review must answer our need to be able to face unpredictable threats
Alexander Woolfson
Afghanistan
Defence
Features
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Middle East
Military
Pakistan
UK Politics
UN Non-Resolutions
'Because of all the procrastination, crippling or biting sanctions will not be imposed on Iran'
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Defence
Global Governance
Iran
Israel
Middle East
Obama
Points East & West
The Craze for Counter-Insurgency
‘Like Churchill, Obama is not in awe of the overrated expertise of generals’
Michael Burleigh
Afghanistan
Defence
Iraq
Military
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
Afghanistan
Defence
Features
Military
War on Terror
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
Defence
International
Iran
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
Defence
Features
Iran
Israel
Middle East
Military
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
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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