The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains the background to her meteoric career

Cecily's Fund provides funding and support for the schooling of Zambia's AIDS orphans

Piracy on the high seas, especially near failed and unstable Muslim states, is becoming an international security headache

Samuel Brittan and Edward Hadas, both distinguished economic commentators, discuss where to place the blame for the current global crisis with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

Butcher and Bolt by David Loyn

This month's small charity making a big difference is the Hindu Kush Conservation Association

The Taliban's vandalism of Afghanistan's greatest cultural treasure may be their most permanent legacy

The delicate balance of power between China and American is unstable and the geopolitical consequences will affect us all

The refugee problem in Pakistan's troubled border regions has been widely under-reported

Rarely have expectations and realistic possibilities been so ill-matched as in Sudan