From Atousa to Noor
In this article, I seek to trace a continuum between the distant past of my homeland, Iran, and its imagined…
How to stop the Clapham rioting
On Tuesday, I was walking from my home in Clapham towards the Common, as I do most evenings, when I…
Iran doesn’t need pummelling to the Stone Age
In his nationwide address on Wednesday, Donald Trump could not have been clearer about the course of the Iran war.…
Trump’s rambling Iran address was full of wishful thinking
In his nationwide address on Wednesday, Donald Trump could not have been clearer about the course of the Iran war. It’s not ending…
Trump touts the successes of his war for peace
“Ceasefire!” Some people worried that President Trump was taking to the air waves tonight in order to declare a ceasefire with Iran. That, clearly,…
Trump’s presence won’t sway the Supreme Court
For the first time in memory – and perhaps in history – an American president has attended a Supreme Court…
Donald Trump would regret leaving NATO
Donald Trump has yet again raised the prospect of the United States leaving NATO. The President called the alliance a…
Does Prince Harry regret his ‘Mr. Mischief’ messages?
Prince Harry used to be fun. It is easy to forget this given the Meghan-Montecito-highly litigious incarnation of the Duke…
Trump has already checked out of NATO
Donald Trump, who will deliver an address from the Oval Office tonight, isn’t giving up on his aims for his…
Prevent has become a dumping ground for troubled young men
Prevent was created in 2003 as part of Britain’s national strategy for countering violent extremism; its purpose is to spot…
Moira Deeming’s preselection chaos demands Liberal Party reform
This can never be allowed to happen again
How Australia can prosper in a lawless world
Navigating the epidemic of world lawlessness – part two
War and fishing in the Strait of Hormuz
On February 28, I jumped on a fishing charter with some friends and headed out into the Strait of Hormuz.…
Policies for prosperity
Grantlee Kieza’s biography of Mary Reibey (1777-1855), the woman pictured on the $20 note, provides a splendid account of how…
The age of the aircraft carrier is over
Ever since World War Two, America’s aircraft carrier fleets have served as imposing instruments of imperial power, roaming the oceans…
Is it time to scrap the NHS?
Nigel Lawson said the NHS was the closest we had to a religion. What’s needed today is someone willing to…
What the Japanese can teach England about football
The Japanese national team put England to the samurai sword last night with a 1-0 victory at Wembley stadium. I…
The pros and cons of a Free Speech Bill
Preston Byrne, the radical American lawyer, says his new Freedom of Speech Bill, which the Adam Smith Institute publishes today,…
Europe is finally standing up to Trump
The longer the war in Iran churns on, the more hot-tempered and unhinged President Trump becomes. On Tuesday, Trump was…
Labour is creating a tidal wave of bureaucracy
Labour’s record in government may have been a litany of U-turns and broken promises, but there’s one cause on which…
Anas Sarwar stands by his call for Starmer to go
As we head towards the Scottish parliamentary elections in May, one party leader has a particularly unenviable job: step forward…
Can this millennial rapper save Nepal?
Balendra Shah does not look like your typical Nepali prime minister, and in many ways, this is precisely the point.…
