The Russians Are Coming
'Like everyone else in Kiev my friend has been having nightmares'
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
As America Retreats, the World Goes to Hell
The Ukraine crisis has revealed the incoherence of the Obama doctrine. Until the US reasserts itself, liberal democracy is in danger
A Borderland on the Edge
The West still sees Ukraine through Russia's eyes
Europe Cannot Do Without Putin’s Gas
It will be another decade before the Continent can substitute the product of American fracking for Russian energy piped via Ukraine
Father of Russia’s Conservatism
Putin's ideology can be traced back to Sergey Uvarov
Scottish Nationalism is Built on a Big Lie
Alex Salmond’s blend of flag-waving and leftist economics is all too similar to the ideologies that ravaged 20th-century Europe
The Tragic Destiny of Basil Blackwood
Unpublished documents reveal how the brilliant 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava met his end on a wartime mission in Burma