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
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts