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Carry On in Cairo
By the time you read this, it is unlikely that Hosni Mubarak will still be the President of Egypt. Good. At least, let’s hope so. There are two oppositions in Egypt, as in most Arab countries. There is...
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Party Like It’s 1989
This is the Arab world’s Berlin Wall moment. The reaction of the American President is to say “we are witnessing history unfold”. Americans did not elect him to be a witness to history, but to be a...
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Osama Takes His Secrets to the Grave
It is not fun but sometimes necessary to be the party pooper. Killing Osama has undoubtedly cheered America, and temporarily boosted the President’s poll ratings. (That it is only temporary, I treat as...
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Reimagining Neo-conservatism
Like many commentators, this columnist has been both right and wrong in the past, but there is one thing of which he remains very proud. In the early stages of discussion around the invasion of Iraq,...
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Hypocrisy: official foreign policy of Britain and France
I am horrified by the state of Britain and Frances’ foreign policy. Two days ago David Cameron responded to the terrorist attack in Algeria thusly: “It will require a response that is about years, even...
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The West goads an insulted Russian bear.
This year NATO has intercepted more than 100 Russian military aircraft – triple the amount in 2013. Last week a surge in Russian military activity occurred across north-western Europe. The Swedish...
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Plus ça change…
By an extraordinary coincidence, I came across two cartoons today that despite decades between them seemed joined at the hip. The first (I’m told) has been knocking about on the internet, and is...
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How to radicalize Muslims
Hasna Aitboulahcen was an attractive and fun-loving young woman: a rebellious tomboy since childhood. She enjoyed wearing cowboy hats, jeans and tee-shirts. She liked clubbing and drinking alcohol....
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What Da’esh wants
“We should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in Iraq or Syria. That’s what groups like ISIL want. They know they can’t defeat us on the battlefield.” This columnist has a policy...
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The Tunisian Domino
It has been argued that the Roman Republic fell as a result of the ‘Punic Curse’. At the close of the second Punic War – against the Phoenician city of Carthage – Rome signed an eternal alliance with...
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