A collection of 121 posts
The conditions that first produced ISIS have been left to fester as part of a wider malign neglect toward the Muslim Middle East in the aftermath of the Iraq war.
Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.
Only robust deterrence from Washington can thwart China’s designs in the South China Sea.
The decapitation of Lebanese Hezbollah is a cause for celebration well beyond the borders of Israel.
If the United States abandons Europe, Beijing will be more emboldened than ever.
The notion that Ukraine is a hopeless cause has been dramatically refuted by the audacious incursion into the Kursk Oblast.
Only when we understand the fragility of liberal democracy will we be properly motivated to defend it.
By striking Shukur and Haniyeh in the capital cities of Lebanon and Iran respectively, Israel has sent Iran a humiliating and painful message.
The flawed moral reasoning of the ICC’s panel of legal experts would have approved the arrests of Churchill and Eisenhower.
The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values.
Putin will rejoice at this prisoner exchange, secure in the knowledge that hostage-taking has not yet reached the point of diminishing returns.
American money and goodwill cannot fix a state when its own people refuse to make the sacrifices necessary to establish and defend effective, efficient, and responsible governance.
For the Taiwanese, independence is not just a matter of national pride, it is a requisite for their dignity and their right to choose their own civilisational path.
The widespread reluctance to describe the atrocities of 7 October correctly is an impediment to peace.
It has long been a cliché that China is inscrutable to foreigners, but it is also becoming inscrutable to itself.