The singular antics of US President Donald Trump, notably towards supposed allies, has stirred the pot regarding national security in…
There is something deeply moving about the ignorance and scatty nature of politicians. At points, it can even be endearing.…
There was a revolting tabloid quality to the Oval Office reception given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28,…
The conduct of live-fire exercises by the People’s Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (the Chinese “communists”, as they are called…
Guantánamo Bay has been a fiendish experiment in US law for decades. The fiendishness lies in the subversion. Operating as…
It has the feeling of a ghastly ending, one pushed along by desperation and eagerness. First, levelling Gaza and turning…
Never allow intelligence chiefs to speak publicly. Their prerogative lies in lying, their reassurance, cool deception. While the attractions of…
Cowardice is the milk that runs in the veins of many event organisers, especially when it comes to those occasions…
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This is Pablo Picasso the way he is rarely seen – at least in so far as the hundred or…
The US aid program began in earnest in the early stages of the Cold War, with an intention to beat…
The rampaging antics of a querulous, sociopathic tech oligarch as he busies himself identifying which government departments to raid, trim,…
President Donald J. Trump likes teasing out the unmentionable, and the Israel-Palestinian situation was hardly going to be any different.…
It has had a rebarbative, blighting effect across the entire aviation industry. The Ryanair model, for want of a better…
It has become something of a fixation in the Donald Trump war chest of options that cowing, discomforting and baffling…