Diplomacy
The elite who tried to save Russia
The veteran Russian historian Dominic Lieven’s new study of Russia’s descent towards the first world war is deeply researched, highly…
Soldier, statesman, sovereign
Alan Rush admires the humane, enlightened Faisal I, who fought with T.E. Lawrence and devoted his life to Arab rights, independence and unity
Grand old master of modernism
How minor is minor? ‘Rings a bell’ was more or less the response of two English literature graduates, now successful…
The EU’s new army of diplomats
The Prime Minister recently professed himself shocked at waste in the European Union. In particular, he was incensed by an…
