In the magazine this month

May 2011

Muslims are on the march in a global, mainstream revival. The West must not abandon its Judaeo-Christian principles, especially equality before the law, if it is to protect minorities from persecution
As I have recently returned from a tough but rewarding visit to Iraq, my mind has turned quite naturally to the role of religion in that part of the world and particularly to what is happening to Islam there and, conversely, to how it is affecting the political and social situation in these countries.
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ONLINE ONLY: We've Created A Monster
CHRISTOPHER SIMS
The West has turned to former Afghani drug traffickers to hunt insurgents. But these "covert armies" are producing unpredictable warlords as powerful as the ones they are tracking down.
ONLINE ONLY: Tayyip's Behemoth AKP Marches On
ALEV SCOTT
Erdogan's Islamist party is capitalising on the disunity of its opposition — and engaging in novel approaches to buying votes — as it steamrolls to another election victory
The Rise of Rights and the Fall of Man
KENNETH MINOGUE
Healthy societies have an inbuilt sense of how things are and ought to be. But we have abandoned common sense, integrity and virtue
 
Death in Venice, Birth of Celebrity
NORMAN LEBRECHT
Gustav Mahler’s very public demise marked the beginning of a new age of fascination with the private lives of the famous
RUTH R. WISSE AND JACK WERTHEIMER
Two distinguished US academics, Ruth R. Wisse and Jack Wertheimer, discuss the need to rebuild Jewish life and stand up for Israel with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson