John Kerry
Are we back in the Obama White House?
Like most Greek stories, the tale of Pandora’s box is fraught with ambiguity. Most of us, when we first encounter the story,…
The mullah report: is Biden bringing back the Iran Deal?
‘We’re going to be back in the game,’ our presumptive and somewhat previous new president tells us. ‘It’s not America…
Pompeo is right on Iran sanctions
The halls of the UN are a habitual stage for empty gestures and vaporous rhetoric, but last Friday’s Security Council…
A country for old men
When 83-year-old New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell shared a photo of American lawmakers meeting a Chinese trade delegation in Washington…
Bill Clinton: from boomer to Zoomer
It’s no fun to see Bill Clinton in a virtual vacuum. He’s a people person, a glad-hander, a back-rubber, a…
Get ready for the return of the Iran Deal
The Trump administration has the first successful foreign policy of any administration since that of George H.W. Bush. It must…
Why Joe won’t blow it
A common fallacy circulating among the pundit class is that every presidential election cycle will be as ‘disruptive’ as 2016…
Portrait of the week
Home In the Queen’s Speech, the government made provision for bills against extremism and in favour of driverless cars, drones,…
Putin’s great game
In Syria, the Russian leader is on the verge of his biggest – and riskiest – coup yet
For EU but not for US
America is urging Britain to stay in the European Union. But it would never dream of joining a comparable organisation
