Dispatches- Page 5

Reporting from Standpoint correspondents in Rome, Kiev, New York, the Caucasus and elsewhere. Writing from the place, by someone who went.

Primary Colours

Who Can Stop Hilary in 2016?

Three years away from the Presidential election, the Democrat and Republican candidates are already having a tilt at the Oval Office

August 27, 2013

Dispatches·US Politics

Syria Isn’t Bosnia: Don’t Arm the Rebels

Assisting the Free Syria Army to overthrow Assad by force will only lead to further religious persecution, torture and death

June 24, 2013

Dispatches·Middle East

Obama’s Secrets Start Unravelling

'When the leaders of China and the US met in June, one was accused of serious civil liberties violations, the seizure of journalists' phone and email records and the use of state

June 24, 2013

Dispatches·US Politics

Save the NYPD So It Can Save the City

‘Without stop-and-search, Kelly estimates that he would need an extra 50,000 officers to police the city because people who don’t run the risk of being searched start carrying guns’

May 28, 2013

Dispatches·Policing·US Politics

Hapless Hollande’s French Farce Flops

‘Hollande’s ministers are falling out among themselves and criticism from his left-wing allies is getting ever more strident’

May 28, 2013

Dispatches·EU·Europe·France

Americans Know Her True Worth. Do We?

'The reaction to lady thatcher's death in the US brought an avalanche of affection and praise both on the Right and the Left'

April 22, 2013

Dispatches·UK Politics·US Politics

The Dawn of Obamageddon

'The Obama administration has done everything in its power to terrify ordinary Americans with his dystopian vision of what the sequester will mean to them'

March 25, 2013

Dispatches·US Politics

Women Come Last in Syrian Refugee Camps

'The low status of women in Syria and other Arab nations — as well as the cultural relativism practised by the agencies mandated to protect them — has resulted in abuse and

March 25, 2013

Dispatches·Foreign Aid·Gender·Human Rights·Middle East