A Cooler Shade of Red
A new museum exhibition of Cold War art leaves the nastiness of the communist system completely unacknowledged
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Healey’s Bully Pulpit is Worth Revisiting
The memoirs of one of our most able and most cultivated politicians provide a useful reminder of the virtues of ordinary politics
Is Capitalism Morally Bankrupt?
Samuel Brittan and Edward Hadas, both distinguished economic commentators, discuss where to place the blame for the current global crisis with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
A Tory Vision for Europe
Suddenly, the Conservatives are in tune with voters across the continent - and can lead the way to a more democratic EU
Rethinking the War on Terror
The presidential adviser and author of Terror and Consent, Philip Bobbitt, shares his ideas on the war on terror in a Standpoint dialogue with Conservative politician and author of Celsius 7/7, Michael
Rome: Arrivederci Roma
The public and government mood towards immigrants, whether legal or illegal, is increasingly ugly
A New Mutiny?
Away from the tourist trail, India is threatened by the Maoism that toppled Nepal's monarchy
Betraying the State of Israel
Jews fail to understand anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism
The Unfinished Journey of Lionel Trilling
Until recently, it was assumed that Trilling had written only one long fiction, The Middle of the Journey (1947). Now, thanks to Geraldine Murphy we know that Trilling was a third of
Democrats v Autocrats
The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan
ONLINE ONLY: Alarming but Never Alarmist
Terror and Consent by Philip Bobbitt
Faking a Killing
The world reacted with horror when it saw a 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers. But the footage, it transpires, told a lie