The pretend war: why bombing Isil won't solve the problem
Britain, France and America are in a protracted fight against Islamic radicalism. Pity our leaders have no idea how to win it
Iraq may not have the will to survive – and that’s not even the biggest problem
Isis have it. Who else?
Barack Obama: anatomy of a failure
Whatever happened to Barack Obama?
The US military should be winning wars, not fighting Ebola
In the case of America, the answer is now practically everything – except perhaps winning wars
The West isn't the solution in Iraq. It's the problem
Hawks are mistaking military action for strategy
If we have to let generals run Egypt, must we pay for them, too?
America has let Egypt’s old military oligarchs take hold again. Must it carry on paying for them, too?
The Iran deal just shows how badly Obama has failed
He wasn’t the first president to promise to bend the arc of history. And he won’t be the last to fail
