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Denying Israel’s Deniers

The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

April 4, 2009

Dialogue·Ethnicity·Faith·International·Israel·Judaism·Literature·Media·Middle East·Politics·Social Affairs·War on Terror

Helping Africa Break Free

Aid to Africa is the problem, not the solution, according to Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid. She discusses the issue with Richard Dowden, executive director of the Royal

February 16, 2009

Africa·China·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Ethnicity·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·International·Politics·Social Affairs·The West

Birds of a Feather

Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce by Sarah A. Stein The ostrich is an exceedingly ugly bird with beautiful feathers – so beautiful that for four decades

January 28, 2009

Agriculture·Books·History·International·Judaism

Blown Up in Bin Laden Country

Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country’s tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it? The moment the bomb exploded, our Frontier Corps driver slammed on the

January 27, 2009

Afghanistan·Asia·Defence·Developing World·Espionage·Ethnicity·Features·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·Human Rights·International·Military·North America·Pakistan·War on Terror

Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression

Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today

January 27, 2009

Academia·Communism·Constitutional Affairs·Economy·Europe·Features·France·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Philosophy·Politics·Russia·The West·Western Europe

Amoral Equivalence

Beyond Terror and Martyrdom by Gilles KepelThe Case Against Israel’s Enemies by Alan Dershowitz

December 17, 2008

Books·Defence·Ethnicity·Faith·France·Global Governance·International·Islam·Israel·Judaism·Middle East·North America·Politics·US Politics·War on Terror

Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad

Germany's fawning attitude towards Putin stems from a belief that Russia is the nearest thing it has to a colony

December 15, 2008

Eastern Europe·Energy·Espionage·Europe·Features·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Media·Politics·Publishing·Russia·The West

Editorial image for "A Norwegian Thatcher?" — The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of…

The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains

November 25, 2008

Africa Has a Dream: Obama

The new president will be welcomed by most ordinary Africans, if not by their rulers

November 25, 2008

Africa·Features·International·North America·Obama·Politics·US Politics

The Terrorist Threat to Business

Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and business commentator, discusses terrorism's growing menace with historian Michael Burleigh and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

November 24, 2008