‘Appointing nodding loyalists points to the creeping politicisation of national security. The aim, insiders fear, is to prevent genuine, independent scrutiny of the government’s most sensitive activities and policies’

Our societies are now the battlefield; people, not kit, should drive national security thinking

Poor education stunts home-grown talent and undermines national security

‘Western counter-intelligence has been largely defensive. Given the existential threats we increasingly face, we now need to go on the offensive’

A public letter by Orthodox parish clergy defies the secular and ecclesiastical hierarchy