Arab Spring
Arab Spring Sprung?
‘The Arab Spring may turn out to be a big disappointment for the promoters of democracy and their Western supporters’
Benign Minorities
Protecting the rights of Christians in the Arab world should be a Western priority
Losing Libya
‘Turning Syria over to rebel control would produce far-reaching benefits. The US and Europe must bring Bashar al-Assad to the Hague’
Burke’s Warning
History may remember the Arab Spring’s “noble revolutionaries” in the same terms as those of the French Revolution — utopian and doomed to failure
Shelley’s Arab Spring
In the wake of the Arab Spring, Percy Shelley’s The Revolt of Islam looks mightily prophetic
ONLINE ONLY: The Israel Scapegoat
Even in the midst of Arab revolt, media outlets around the world — including many in Britain — give credence to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
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