NATO
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
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
Two Words You Won’t Hear This Election: Foreign Policy
At a time of chaos across three continents, neither David Cameron nor Ed Miliband is willing to reconsider Britain’s place in the world seriously
Nato’s Mess
‘The Sahel states are facing starvation, as well as the obliteration of the delicate religious eco-system that enabled Sufism to survive’
Turkey’s Two Faces
‘Turkey has to choose: it is either part of the Western alliance against Islamism or it is with the radicals’
We Must Not Leave Afghanistan Yet
The West cannot defeat radical Islam if it abandons Afghans and Pakistanis prematurely
Don’t Write off America
It’s fashionable to say the US is in terminal decline. Don’t bet on it – still less wish for it
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