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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

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

Prague: Diary

‘The post-1989 temptation in Prague has been two-fold. The first has been to legislate the totalitarian past out of existence, the second has been to copy the liberal West blindly at a

January 13, 2009

Architecture·Communism·Dispatches·Eastern Europe·Economy·EU·History·Modern Life·The West·Welfare State

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

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

Academia·Dialogue·Economy·History·International·Ireland·Islam·Media·Military·Northern Ireland·Policing·Political Correctness·Politics·Publishing·The West·TV·UK Politics·War on Terror

A Cooler Shade of Red

A new museum exhibition of Cold War art leaves the nastiness of the communist system completely unacknowledged

November 20, 2008

Art·Communism·Counterpoints·Eastern Europe·Education·History·Politics·Russia·The West

New York: Diary

‘New York feels much calmer than London about the financial crisis. It’s not clear if this attitude is a product of resignation or sheer denial, schadenfreude against wealthy financiers, or perhaps a

October 24, 2008

Dispatches·Economy·Film·International·McCain·Media·North America·Obama·Social Affairs·The West·Urbanism·US 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

October 22, 2008

China·Communism·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Global Governance·India·International·Modern Life·North America·Philosophy·Politics·The West·Welfare State

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

August 22, 2008