Subverting The Superpowers
Efraim Karsh's book on the creation of the modern Middle East is timely but overstates his case
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Decision Time for Barack Obama
After his mid-term ‘shellacking’, the President has a choice: Clintonian pragmatism or the ideological purity of the Left
Tea Party Politics
‘Why do grown men in the Tea Party dress up as George Washington?’
A Tale of Two Presidents
'In the Old World, a leader is criticised — and quits — for being too emotional. In the New World, a leader is criticised for not being emotional enough'
Can the Atlantic Coalition Hold?
William Kristol, founder-editor of the leading American conservative magazine, the Weekly Standard, and Tim Montgomerie, founder-editor of the ConservativeHome website, discuss the similar problems facing the US and Britain with Standpoint Editor
Obama’s Fantasies
Barack Obama’s utopian daydreams lack moral courage, and are a gift to his enemies A year ago in Cairo, Barack Obama delivered an address promising a new era of wisdom and understanding in
Trial and Terror
The use of federal courts for terrorist trials highlights the hypocrisy of Obama's counterterrorism policies
Is the Obama Presidency Failing?
The administration is in deep trouble on healthcare and national security “What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them,” President Barack Obama declared in his inaugural
Dreams for their Children
The rise of Kenya's middle class offers the country, and the whole continent, hope for the future
New York: A Cousin in the White House
US Election Week diary: New Yorkers and their attitudes towards the new president “I don’t want to live in a country that will elect Sarah Palin.” Fragments of a conversation between two
Africa Has a Dream: Obama
The new president will be welcomed by most ordinary Africans, if not by their rulers
Beware the Obama Machine
When I drew attention to the two-faced tactics of the Democratic candidate over Iraq, his ‘militants’ turned nasty