Iran
A Mad Call to Arms
As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region
A New Day in Iran
‘Why should we be surprised that Ahmadinejad won? When has a dictatorship ever given way to change peacefully?’
The Post-American Presidency
The euphoria is over. It is time for a serious critique of Barack Obama’s foreign policy
A Perfect Storm
‘The most liberal US President since JFK and a right-wing Israeli Prime Minister appear to be on a collision course’
News from Tehran
How should we judge these distinguished TV presenters, who are employed by a channel that publishes the work of Holocaust deniers?
Don’t Write off America
It’s fashionable to say the US is in terminal decline. Don’t bet on it – still less wish for it
Faces that Don’t Quite Fit
When it came to painting portraits, Constable struggled to emulate his mastery of landscape
His Master’s Angry Voice
A disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini’s apocalyptic ideology, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is about to turn Iran into a nuclear rogue state
What’s Best for Europe?
‘It is an interest rather than a principle that marches against Israel promote’
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