16 Jul 2021 - 1:00am

Who controls Afghanistan? Neighbouring nations are preparing for the conflict to explode

Mike Martin

09.07

America’s empires always fail The withdrawal from Afghanistan was an inevitable tragedy

Douglas Murray

30.06

ISIS is winning the drone wars Terrorists have joined an arms race we cannot afford to lose

Seth Frantzman

22.05

The phoney war between Israel and Hamas The Western media exaggerates the reality of asymmetric conflict

Edward Luttwak

10.09

Why ‘Civilization’ is a political masterpiece Sid Meier's creation invites us to think about how the world works — and warns it could be a lot worse

Sam Leith

27.07

Has lockdown broken old habits for good? Most of us are imitators not innovators: that’s why it takes a disaster to bring about change

Peter Franklin

26.03

Can our mental health cope? Don't catastrophise: conquering things is what we humans do

Polly Mackenzie

20.09

Have we forgotten Syria? This intimate account of life during the war serves as a reminder that the appalling conflict continues to corrode nations and destroy lives

Ian Birrell

29.04

The secret history of Silicon Valley

Mark Piesing

19.12

Books that unveil the beauty in life’s bleakness

Jenny McCartney

01.10

Today’s laptop activists seek attention, not truth

Tanya Gold

14.05

The dangers of historical misperception

Victoria Schofield