4 Sep 2026 - 1:02am

How Shakespeare explains the Taliban ‘The Tempest’ sheds light on Afghanistan

Malise Ruthven

30.08

Inside the new Afghanistan Welcome to medieval modernity

David Patrikarakos

21.09

Estonia’s opioid crisis is heading for Britain Nitazenes are far deadlier than fentanyl

Michal Kranz

17.07

Can Britain’s vetting procedure be trusted? Afghanistan is a data abyss

Dominic Adler

07.07

Inside Afghanistan’s deadly arms trade American guns are a jihadi’s best friend

Ruchi Kumar

05.03

Can Keir Starmer trust his generals? He must heed the lessons of Afghanistan

Simon Akam

26.02

How the BBC backs the Taliban Extremists manipulate the news

David Rose

16.09

Will a new generation of jihadis flock to Somalia? British counterterrorism has failed to learn its lesson

Tam Hussein

23.07

What Biden got right Obama ignored his warnings on the Middle East

Edward Luttwak

25.03

The first lesson of diplomacy: karma’s a bitch Greed has tainted our foreign adventures

Cheryl Benard

04.10

Nato won’t win a long war in Ukraine An Afghanistan-style conflict could cripple Europe

Thomas Fazi

28.07

The impossible truth about Afghanistan Sanctioning the Taliban isn't working

Cheryl Benard