Global Governance
Blown Up in Bin Laden Country
Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country’s tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it?
Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression
Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today
Remember What Hamas Stand For
‘While history can tell us a great deal about the evil ideology can wreak, sadly the power of ideology is far from being history’
What’s Best for Europe?
‘It is an interest rather than a principle that marches against Israel promote’
Amoral Equivalence
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom by Gilles Kepel
The Case Against Israel’s Enemies by Alan Dershowitz
Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad
Germany’s fawning attitude towards Putin stems from a belief that Russia is the nearest thing it has to a colony
A Norwegian Thatcher?
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
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