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France is strong where Britain and America are weak
Emmanuel Macron unveiled his campaign manifesto in a carefully orchestrated press conference on Thursday and his pledges to cut taxes…
No. 10 is gearing up for the next election
As the Conservative party’s Spring Forum gets underway in Blackpool, attention is turning back to domestic politics, with cabinet ministers…
The Russian army is running out of momentum
As the Russian invasion enters its fourth week it is clear that its forces are running out of momentum, although…
Lia Thomas and the slow death of women’s sports
This week, Lia Thomas became the first transgender athlete to be crowned National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion, winning the…
Russia has never been a part of the West
In 1697 Tsar Peter the Great set out on a great journey across western Europe, seeking the support of European…
The Hunter Biden disinformation campaign
Democrats are obsessed with the idea that when they lose elections it must be because of outside forces, usually some…
Does Twitter think Trump is worse than Russia?
Who decides what gets counted as ‘misinformation’? For the increasingly large number of people who get their news from social…
How to stop China from attacking Taiwan
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the West has got many things right. Yet there is no doubt that Western mistakes over…
Why it was a mistake for Ofcom to remove Russia Today
In conflicts, there is always a temptation to mirror the tactics of one’s opponents – which is why it’s depressing…
Does Putin’s Judo philosophy explain his sanctions response?
Contemplating leaders and their heroes can be a revealing business. Churchill had busts of Nelson and Napoleon at Chartwell (and…
Is Boris channeling Churchill in his response to Russia?
Boris Johnson’s hero – apart from himself – is Winston Churchill, who led Britain through the dark valley of World…
Why was the Hunter Biden laptop story covered up?
It’s now a familiar pattern – a sensational news story is dismissed by serious journalists as bogus right-wing agitprop. You’d…
Russian intelligence isn't all it's cracked up to be
Western countries have always had a rather high opinion of Soviet intelligence. British secret services – MI5, MI6 and Special Branch…
Kemi Badenoch: the curriculum does not need ‘decolonising’
When the government published a report last year by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) into racism in the…
The Macron Paradox
With just 24 days to go before the first round of French presidential voting, the political landscape has become borderline surreal,…
Make China pay for its quiet support of Putin’s war
China is tacitly backing Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. The Biden administration should combat this by imposing economic costs on China through the corporate Environmental, Social…
Nazanin is free. But at what cost?
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release, alongside fellow prisoner Anoosheh Ashoori, has attracted enormous amounts of praise and joy at a time when…
Turkmenistan may emerge as a global powerbroker
While the world is watching Ukraine, there is another former Soviet republic that has quietly undergone regime change. Turkmenistan’s 65-year-old…
Will India’s neutrality on Putin’s aggression backfire?
As the western world tightens sanctions on Russia, India is opting for a different strategy: sitting on the fence. ‘We…
Putin’s totalitarian turn
Putin, of course, can never be wrong. Hence the desperate struggle, familiar to other personalised authoritarianisms, to find suitable scapegoats,…
What Russians are really being told about war in Ukraine
‘They are lying to you here,’ declared the placard held aloft by the journalist who stormed the set of one of…
Could China get sucked into war in Ukraine?
If war in Ukraine is to end any time soon, the relationship between Moscow and Beijing will prove crucial. A…
How the Foreign Office secured Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release
There was a rare display of unity in the Commons chamber this afternoon when Liz Truss gave a statement on…
Is Boris a Russian agent?
Is Boris a Russian agent? That bizarre question occupied most of PMQs where Dominic Raab deputised for the PM while…
Did the realists underestimate Putin?
Liberal internationalists, neoconservatives and NeverTrumpers are having the time of their lives these days, ridiculing anyone on the political right…
