Two reasons Putin thinks he can weather sanctions
The nature of the Russian attack on Ukraine, striking across the country and not just concentrating on the territory claimed…
Full text: Putin’s declaration of war on Ukraine
Dear citizens of Russia! Dear friends! Today, I again consider it necessary to return to the tragic events taking place…
Putin is deluded if he thinks Ukraine will quickly fold
So it’s war. For all Vladimir Putin may want to call it a ‘special military operation,’ as missiles rain down…
How should Boris respond to ‘crazy’ Putin?
Putin’s invasion has begun, and its scale is worse than even the gloomy fears of British intelligence sources and the…
Israel’s Arab-Sunni alliance is piling pressure on Iran
The world’s eyes are, naturally, all on Ukraine. But elsewhere in Europe, diplomats are locked in a series of talks…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: what we know so far
Vladimir Putin finally made his move overnight. In a spontaneous address to the Russian people in the early hours of the…
Putin launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Russia last night launched a full on assault on Ukraine, with cruise missile strikes reported on the airport east of Kiev…
Home is where the racism is
My sophomore year of college, I studied abroad in Ireland. I had pretty high expectations: my mother’s side of the…
Want to ‘think bigger’? Switch off the ABC
Earlier this month, ABC Managing Director David Anderson delivered the startling news to a Senate Committee that, ‘Now, more than…
Australia’s ‘children of the Covid state’
The Victorian Department of Education and Training has now become the co-parent of our children. In a most disturbing government…
The stampede of green lemmings
No country on Earth relies entirely on wind and solar energy, but Australian politicians aim to achieve this miracle. They…
Exclusive: Biden finalizes terrible new Iran deal
Several sources in the negotiating team in Vienna tell Cockburn we can expect a “new Iran deal” between the Biden…
Why Boris is right to resist calls for tougher sanctions on Russia
Did Boris Johnson fail to put his money where his mouth is when it came to hitting Russia with sanctions?…
The truckers are coming to Washington!
The Canadian truckers might have been driven out of Ottawa, but a copycat protest is brewing in the United States.…
Throwing kids in prison doesn’t work
In 1993 the British Home Secretary, Michael Howard, famously said ‘prison works’. He was right, but only in the most…
Why is the National Portrait Gallery cutting ties with BP?
When is money so soiled that merely accepting it makes you tainted? It has been reported today that the National…
How much did the Covid crisis cost?
The true cost of Covid cannot be quantified only in death rates or GDP figures. Though it could have been…
Why we shouldn’t ban Russia Today
Nadine Dorries, the Culture Secretary, has written to Ofcom urging it to keep the situation with Russia Today ‘very carefully…
Has Putin outplayed Macron in Africa?
While the world is focused on Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron has withdrawn all French forces from Mali. Last weekend, thousands of…
The trouble with Putin’s Christian Orthodoxy
If you are worried about the uncertain fate of democracy in today’s world, what should you do? Become a human…
What would prime minister Corbyn have done about Putin?
Jeremy Corbyn’s question in the House of Commons this week filled me with the relief of catastrophe averted. Addressing Defence…
Would Trump have prevented the crisis in Ukraine?
‘I know Vladimir Putin very well,’ said Donald Trump yesterday, speaking of the Ukraine crisis, ‘he would have never done…
Is the New York Times right to say Muslims are fleeing France?
Has the New York Times found a new bête noire? It was for a number of years Britain, damned for…
Cracks are already showing in the EU’s Russia response
‘The EU is united and acting fast,’ said Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, as she condemned…
Has Putin lost control?
As the Soviet Union fell to pieces around our ears, we in the Moscow embassy used to discuss the Weimar…
