America’s involvement in Ukraine is finally being revealed
The US-led coalition to help Ukraine was always more than just a production line of arms deliveries to the Kyiv…
The problem with putting US nukes in Poland
Nukes are becoming a big issue for Poland. One way or another, both the Polish president and prime minister want…
Why Putin could reject a ceasefire
With all the good news coming out of the Jeddah talks about a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, there is only…
What Zelensky needs to do in Saudi Arabia
President Volodymyr Zelensky needs all the advice he can get, as he prepares for talks with American negotiators in Saudi…
Why Macron is offering France’s nukes to Europe
President Emmanuel Macron has raised the nuclear card. He has offered to provide nuclear cover for Europe as fears intensify…
Why Britain is crucial to Ukraine peace talks
Britain has the opportunity to become a master in tightrope diplomacy between Donald Trump and an increasingly alarmed Europe after…
What will happen to Hamas’s tunnels?
Even if the third phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal is successfully completed and all hostages, alive and dead, are…
Should Britain join an EU defence scheme?
The UK and Europe have had plenty of time to get to grips with the inevitable, that President Donald Trump…
Trump professes peace, threatens fury
The new president of the United States believes in fairness, and says the running of the Panama Canal has been…
Isis will not die
The Isis caliphate in Syria and Iraq was defeated at a cost of billions of dollars and the loss of…
Bombing Syria in 2013 would not have toppled Assad
In hindsight, did the US, UK and France fail to seize the chance to topple President Bashar al-Assad in 2013?…
Jolani has learnt from history
The victorious Syrian rebel leader now in control of Damascus has already learned a key lesson in history. After his…
Here’s what Putin wants from Ukraine
Donald Trump is still two months away from becoming the 47th president of the United States, and yet his return to…
The sad death of the Eurofighter Typhoon
Britain’s fighter jets are running missions into Syria, dropping bombs on the Houthis in Yemen, patrolling over Estonia, Lithuania and…
Can Zelensky and Putin do a deal?
Warring parties often strike deals. Exchanges of prisoners, ceasefires to deliver aid, covert talks between intelligence services – and eventually,…
Is Hamas ready for a ceasefire deal?
The president of Egypt has come up with the most modest of proposals to try and end the war in…
Joe Biden wants Bibi to be careful
On 20 June 2019, President Donald Trump rescinded an order he had given for a military attack on Iran in…
Iran, you have been warned
Bombs send messages. Yesterday it was announced that the United States sent B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to hit underground Houthi…
Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden are on a collision course
Benjamin Netanyahu is set on a path which brooks no deviation. He wants victory against Hamas, victory against Hezbollah and,…
What is Biden’s Middle East legacy?
No one can accuse President Joe Biden of failing to do his utmost to prevent a full-scale war from breaking…
What is Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’?
President Zelensky is in the United States for his latest, possibly last, throw of the dice before the American election,…
Biden inches towards authorising Storm Shadows in Russia
Storm Shadow, Britain’s highly-prized, air-launched cruise missile, is not going to win the war for Kyiv against the Russian invaders.…
Will Israel and Hamas sign a peace deal?
The omens for a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Israel and Hamas are looking alarmingly bleak following the latest shuttle…
American diplomacy might not stop a Middle East war
On the face of it, the assassination of Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran on 31 July was a brilliant,…
Will Trump defend Taiwan?
The prospect of a second Donald Trump administration has put the fear of God into America’s allies around the world.…
