War with Iran is in no one’s interests
February 14th, 2007
‘War in Iraq, war in Iran?” That’s a headline I saw in Britain earlier this week. Read on »
February 14th, 2007
‘War in Iraq, war in Iran?” That’s a headline I saw in Britain earlier this week. Read on »
September 12th, 2006
‘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 »
July 5th, 2006
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 »
April 1st, 2006
Character, not ideology, is the key to understanding this remarkable politician. Read on »
July 18th, 2005
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 »
April 3rd, 2005
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 »
December 26th, 2004
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 »
June 28th, 2004
I was in Britain in the summer of 2002 when Europeans first got wind of the American plan to invade Iraq. Read on »
June 13th, 2004
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 »
May 16th, 2004
A few years back, a book with the provocative title Hitler’s Willing Executioners became a surprising best-seller in the US. Read on »