Intervention in Libya: No regrets
The battle for the new order in Libya is only just beginning. We cannot predict or determine the outcome, but we should not regret that we helped to give the Libyan people the chance to fight it
- 29 November 2011
What's holding the Third-World back? It’s the corruption, stupid.
Getting oil production back online, overcoming ethnic and inter-tribal rivalries, and safeguarding territorial integrity are all challenges ahead for Libya. But none are as big as the challenge to overcome corruption.
- 1 November 2011
Egg-shell skulls, burglars and Col Gaddafi.
The "egg-shell skull rule" is a fascinating principle of Common Law. If we accept it for the victims of burglary, should we also acknowledge its relevance for the victims of tyranny?
- 1 November 2011
Yesterday, BBC Radio Five Live disgraced itself on Libya.
When BBC radio presenters creepily dwell on the ‘disturbing’ way Gaddafi met his end as if to show they ‘care’ or are graciously reminding us all of higher civilised values, they show only their contempt for Libyan suffering - and their stunning ignorance of the world outside their cosy studios.
- 21 October 2011
After Gaddafi: Now we must take down Assad and Ahmadinejad
The success of the Libya operation should encourage the West to help remove Syria’s Assad and Iran’s Ahmadinejad. The job in the MidEast is far from done
- 21 October 2011
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