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Foreign Aid

End Syria’s War
‘Four years of Western inaction in Syria have contributed to the crisis in the Mediterranean. So has our ill-conceived intervention in Libya’
Emanuele Ottolenghi

Habitual Hypocrisy
"I’ve said it before: where do the Israel-bashers stand on Syria? I’ll say it again because I hear a resounding silence."
Maureen Lipman

Women Come Last in Syrian Refugee Camps
'The low status of women in Syria and other Arab nations — as well as the cultural relativism practised by the agencies mandated to protect them — has resulted in abuse and violence'
Julie Bindel

Dreams for their Children
The rise of Kenya's middle class offers the country, and the whole continent, hope for the future
Ellen Alpsten

Helping Africa Break Free
Aid to Africa is the problem, not the solution, according to Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid. She discusses the issue with Richard Dowden, executive director of the Royal African Society, and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
Dambisa Moyo and Richard Dowden

Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil
A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national community
James Shinn

Annie v. Elvis

When celebrities get involved in politics, they should look to Elvis rather than Annie Lennox

Frances Weaver

Blown Up in Bin Laden Country

Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country's tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it?

Anthony Loyd

‘In the struggle against terrorism, is our foreign policy an aggravating factor? Yes, in that anything we do aggravates them’

Douglas Murray

Helping Orphans to Stay the Course
Cecily's Fund provides funding and support for the schooling of Zambia's AIDS orphans
Hannah Stone

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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