‘War in Iraq, war in Iran?” That’s a headline I saw in Britain earlier this week. Read on »

‘Poised as I am, halfway between the two cultures, it was a little strange watching British reactions to events in America last week… Read on »

By allowing Russia to stage the summit we have accepted her as one of us. This G8 will give its tacit approval to the theft of private  assets, the destruction of the rule of law and the violation of human rights. Read on »

Character, not ideology, is the key to understanding this remarkable politician. Read on »

There has never been a more popular time to be anti-American. From Beijing to Berlin, from Sydney to São Paulo, America’s detractors have become legion. But not everyone has chosen to get on the anti-American bandwagon. Where–and among whom–is America still admired, and why? Meet the pro-Americans. Read on »

For most people, the very words “United Nations” have something solid about them. Perhaps they conjure up an august phrase, such as “international community”, or a solemn symbol, such as the blue UN seal. Read on »

It was an institution I’d never heard of – the Foundation for Peace and Co-operation – but the invitation to speak there came from someone at the American embassy, the name sounded anodyne enough, and I thought the audience, teachers from provincial Russia, in Moscow for a five-day course on “civic education”, might prove interesting. Read on »

I was in Britain in the summer of 2002 when Europeans first got wind of the American plan to invade Iraq. Read on »

He isn’t your typical political prisoner: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who goes on trial next week with his business partner, Platon Lebedev, is by some accounts worth $8 billion. Read on »

A few years back, a book with the provocative title Hitler’s Willing Executioners became a surprising best-seller in the US. Read on »