Middle East
ONLINE ONLY: A Different Deal In Iraq
Iraq begins to cut its own deals, and to reach for sovereignty
Betraying the State of Israel
Jews fail to understand anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism
Edward Said
Ibn Warraq indicts the Palestinian author of Orientalism for presenting the West as villains and Muslims as victims
That’s Enough Protest Movies
This summer, we’ve seen the release of two more leftwing documentaries. Isn’t it about time the other side said its piece?
Flight from Egypt
Chicago by Alaa al Aswany
ONLINE ONLY: Beirut: Blood Holiday
Lebanon’s celebration of a brutal killer’s release illustrates the extent – and the limitations – of Hizbullah’s power
ONLINE ONLY: Barack Obama, Isolationist
Barack Obama sounds troublingly like an “America Firster”
Democrats v Autocrats
The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan
ONLINE ONLY: Iraq is not a Four Letter Word
British politicians are ignoring Iraq just when it needs us most
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