EU
What Should We Do About Russia?
The West must start to show the Kremlin it means business
Grey Power Time Bomb
Political parties are being held to ransom by older voters. And it’s the young who are paying the price
A Tory Vision for Europe
Suddenly, the Conservatives are in tune with voters across the continent – and can lead the way to a more democratic EU
Caucasus: Diary, August-September, 2008
‘It was days after the ceasefire had been signed and the facts on the ground went square against what President Nicolas Sarkozy of France had intended’
ONLINE ONLY: Sarkozy’s True Colours
As his peacemaking efforts in Georgia reveal, Sarkozy’s foreign policy is cynical and incompetent
Rome: Arrivederci Roma
The public and government mood towards immigrants, whether legal or illegal, is increasingly ugly
Serbia’s Heart of Darkness
Standpoint’s Mole believes the arrest of Radovan Karadzic could prove explosive for his country
Judges Can be Overruled
The EU’s Human Rights Act need not be incompatible with parliamentary sovereignty – if the government were to grow a backbone
Defending Europe’s Pariahs
This month’s small charity making a big difference is The European Roma Rights Centre
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal