Dispatches

‘In the gap where arguments and examples should be, the President invoked God, attacked the Republicans and invoked spectacle’

‘It was then that it hit me: I was being interrogated by the FSB. It was only then I began to see how terrified the locals were’

The UN general general assembly displays the limits of multilateralism as the debate on the Palestinians’ observer status showed

The nominally secular Turkish state has distanced itself from its erstwhile alliance with Israel. The region is now on the brink

Soon Jews will have no visible presence in the most prosperous nation on earth. No one is protecting them

To win in 2016, the GOP must resolve the differences between the tea party and country club Republicans, and reach out more successfully to the ethnic vote

There are vital areas of American public life that received next to no attention on the hustings of either side, for very persuasive — if entirely cynical — reasons

‘What is the secret of Stephen Harper’s success in a liberal society? Refusing to be bogged down by ideology and giving people what they want’

The experiment is over. After 12 years of legalised prostitution organised crime in Amsterdam has risen, not fallen.