The Pros and Cons of Targeted Killing
By striking Shukur and Haniyeh in the capital cities of Lebanon and Iran respectively, Israel has sent Iran a humiliating and painful message.
Andrew Fox
· 11 min read
Politics
A collection of 554 posts
Double Effect and Human Rights in War
The flawed moral reasoning of the ICC’s panel of legal experts would have approved the arrests of Churchill and Eisenhower.
Nigel Biggar
· 6 min read
Totems and Taboos
A cancelled academic has produced a fine new book about the threat posed by progressive pieties.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read
America’s Last Great Political Novel
In anticipation of the Democrats’ Convention in Chicago, a look back at Joe Klein’s splendid 1996 novel ‘Primary Colors’—a fascinating snapshot of Democratic Party politics at the end of the 20th century.
Kevin Mims
· 22 min read
Is De-Chávezification Underway in Venezuela at Last?
Venezuelans have had enough of Chavismo, and in Maria Corina Machado, they finally have an ideological alternative.
Juan P. Villasmil
· 7 min read
A Devil of a Deal
Putin will rejoice at this prisoner exchange, secure in the knowledge that hostage-taking has not yet reached the point of diminishing returns.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
The Feckless Lebanese State
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.
Eric Bordenkircher
· 8 min read
The Puzzle of Generational Politics
Disenchantment is leading younger generations to embrace a politics marked by anger and alienation.
Joel Kotkin
· 11 min read
Life in China’s Crosshairs
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.
Liam Hunt
· 9 min read
An Interrupted Genocide
The widespread reluctance to describe the atrocities of 7 October correctly is an impediment to peace.
Jeffrey Herf
· 11 min read
A Question of Legitimacy
The Rassemblement National was thwarted by a coalition of convenience, but it remains the party with the largest grip on French voters.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
Now Comes the Hard Part
The UK’s new Labour government enjoys a huge mandate, but it must contend with imposing challenges at home and abroad.
John Lloyd
· 14 min read
Liberalism and the West’s ‘Crisis of Meaning’
Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning.
Matt Johnson
· 25 min read
The Travesty of the Assange Plea Deal
The complacency of American liberalism has been demonstrated yet again in its inability, or unwillingness, to guard the national interest.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
The War Against Truth
It has long been a cliché that China is inscrutable to foreigners, but it is also becoming inscrutable to itself.
Aaron Sarin
· 9 min read