Military
Subverting The Superpowers
Efraim Karsh’s book on the creation of the modern Middle East is timely but overstates his case
Liberty And Sovereignty
“The refusal to accept any domination of the Continent by one power has been the biggest British contribution to European peace and prosperity”
Thoughts in Flanders Fields
“What should one make intellectually of the emotional contemplation of life on the Western Front? What is there to learn?”
The Grand Illusion
‘It is tempting to pretend that the mayhem unleashed by the Arab Spring will somehow not affect us. It will. It already does’
Collusion Cut Both Ways In The Troubles
In May, Gerry Adams told Prince Charles he wanted justice. But he should be careful what he wishes for—Sinn Féin too has much to hide
How To Rescue Iraq From Obama’s Folly
Only US troops as part of an international force can halt ISIS in its tracks as its influence spreads due to the President’s disastrous policies
Why The World Still Needs The West
Ignore the isolationists. In a dangerous world, America and Europe neglect their duty to defend liberty and prosperity at their peril
Underrated: Wellington
The surprisingly humane Iron Duke who defeated Napoleon
Let’s Make Putin’s London Cronies Sweat
Our failure to face up to the Russian ruler could have dire consequences
The Return Of War
In the era of Putin and Islamic State, we shall have to dust off Clausewitz and confront reality
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