Strangers in their own Holy Land
The embattled Christian communities in Bethlehem and Nazareth
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Liberty Here, Tyranny There
The apologetics over John Stuart Mill’s shocking attitudes towards foreigners is the only thing that lets down Georgios Varouxakis’s otherwise excellent study of the political philosopher You can make a passable case
Why Was There No Holy Roman Project?
Brendan Simms's new epic history of Europe is an earnest and old-fashioned of great power rivalries
Welcome to Obama’s Parallel Universe
Until Republicans convince voters that strong foreign policy is crucial to national security, America’s decline will continue
Why the West Can’t Do Business With Iran
Obama persists in trying to talk to a regime whose “sacred cause” is to replace a US-led world order with an Islamic one
The Barrister and the Bomb
Geoffrey Robertson's latest target is nuclear Iran. But his new book looks through the prism of "legal architectures" and so cannot offer real suggestions as to how to stop the Iranians get
Old Despots’ Home
Exiled tyrants need no longer fear: a luxurious afterlife awaits them in a club for failed dictators George Washington put his money into British government stock, and the Bank of England paid
From Carthage to Kasserine
In the wake of the Tunisian Revolution, a myriad of nascent political parties are making a shambolic claim for power
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
Palestine’s Tragedy
The recent Israeli Apartheid Week shamefully neglected Zionism's complaisance to peaceful co-existence
Palestine’s Tragedy
The recent Israeli Apartheid Week shamefully neglected Zionism's complaisance to peaceful co-existence
Is the Obama Presidency Failing?
The administration is in deep trouble on healthcare and national security “What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them,” President Barack Obama declared in his inaugural