The conflict between Israel and Hamas has its effect on American public opinion. Most recently the issue of accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza has caused infighingt among Republicans, with some…
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Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad called for Israel’s annihilation, denied the Holocaust, and spoke of the “stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime.” More recently, the Tehran Times published…
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A lot of things have changed for Britain over the last few years. First there was Brexit, where the UK detached from the European Union and struck out on our…
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In today’s world there is one clear threat that surpasses all others: the rise of China. Current forecasts predict that China’s economy will become the world’s largest in just over…
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Immediately following the attacks of September 11th 2001, the anger and resolve of the American people was a guiding force of US foreign policy. The world’s preeminent power was faced…
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The West is in retreat. That is the message that the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan has given to the world. I am hardly the first to make these points but…
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As Kabul has been captured by the Taliban, and US and NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan, an old liberal mantra is now fashionable: “you can’t impose democracy with bayonets”. Many…
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In early June, the European Union’s attempt to issue a unified response regarding Chinese human rights abuses was blocked by a single defiant leader: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. This…
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There are few indisputable facts, especially in the game of politics. For Europeans however, increased Russian influence and fragile energy security is unequivocally worrying. Kyiv is right not to buy…
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Yesterday, a group of more than thirty Tory backbenchers sought to resist the Government’s decision to maintain reduced foreign aid spending. Amongst those rebels was former Prime Minister Theresa May,…