What Madeleine Albright got right – and wrong – on Kosovo
Unsurprisingly, it’s Kosovo where Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, is remembered with particular gratitude: today there’s an official…
A letter won’t educate Afghan girls
Well, that’ll show ‘em. Liz Truss has released a joint statement with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declaring themselves…
Beware the risks of tyrannical tech
“Just think about it. Our whole world is sitting there on a computer. It’s in the computer, everything: your, your…
Is Putin’s war spreading?
Yerevan, Armenia ‘This is our land,’ Anna says, looking out over her roadside flower shop. ‘Lenin promised it to us.’…
Was Biden’s chemical weapons threat a gaffe?
Did Joe Biden mean to threaten Russia with a chemical weapons attack? That seemed to be what he implied at…
Don’t prosecute Soldier F
Sometimes old grievances are best laid to rest. That was certainly the view of Tony Blair when his government issued…
What Ukraine can teach Britain about patriotism
I live near the small Sussex seaside town of Selsey. It’s the sort of place that gets right up the…
Is the West deceiving itself about Russia’s ‘defeat’ in Ukraine?
Following his fateful decision to invade Ukraine, Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin has been customarily described as a high-stakes gambler. Yet…
Today’s forecast? More ‘doom and gloom’
I am weary of forever reading and listening to doom merchants. They are everywhere, on the TV, radio, and all…
How Hillary Clinton colluded with US intelligence
Part I of this article demonstrated that a conspiracy to smear Donald Trump with false allegations of collusion with Russia…
What the Great War taught us about ‘establishment thinking’
Establishment thinking can be lethal, especially when the establishment are the ‘elite’ and their prevailing paradigm is not adaptable enough…
Sydney University’s climate change agenda
As a Sydney University Student in my final year of an undergraduate degree, the past three years have been a…
Joe Biden is winning
By the middle of January, I’d read some version of the headline “Biden Can Still Rescue His Presidency” so many…
How bad could a Russian cyberattack be?
When I have designed wargames around a NATO-Russia conflict, I often left out cyberattacks for a simple reason: it was…
Daniel Andrews’ ‘casual’ betrayal of workers
The Victorian government’s Sick Pay Guarantee, launched on March 14 of this year, provides taxpayer-funded sick and personal leave entitlements…
Can we trust economic models?
Rishi Sunak shared a delightful moment of honesty on the Today programme on Thursday. Mishal Husain asked him how households…
At least Boris Johnson knows the difference between men and women
As a paid-up member of the Labour party, it’s rare that I agree wholeheartedly with a Conservative politician. But Boris…
Russia’s best and brightest are fleeing Putin
News that Putin’s climate envoy Anatoly Chubais has quit his position and left the country is no great surprise and,…
Nato’s Black Sea blindspot endangers us all
For over two hundred years every single European war that Britain has been involved in has originated in the eastern…
David Cameron gets an honour
When you’ve held the highest elected office in the land, subsequent honours might all seem a bit trivial. Gongs, trophies,…
A year of death and of unknowing
Though we may still be in the early stages of a long, bitter conflict, an estimated 7,000 Russians and 1,300 Ukrainians…
The real Russiagate smoking gun
Hard as the programmers try and tell us there is only one story at a time — Ukraine for now…
Will the West Coast walk away from wokeness?
California’s June 7 primary election is heating up, fueled by broad voter distress over crime and public safety. Major contests…
You can’t save the world with Net Zero
Ever since socialism’s credibility collapsed in 1990, environmentalism has increasingly dominated the political agenda. Central to this was the global…
Madeleine Albright was an idealist overpowered by cynics
People die at random, of course, but it seems poignant that Madeleine Albright has died at the very moment the…
