Putin’s Great Patriotic War Commemoration Speech - Leaked?
Former British Ambassador Charles Crawford offers his version of a (leaked?) forthcoming landmark speech by Vladimir Putin in which Russia's leader comes clean about Stalin's real role in the Second World War, and in so doing salutes truth and memory in a radical break from the past
- 28 April 2015
Good night, Iron Lady
Britain's greatest post-war Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, has died following a stroke
- 8 April 2013
60 years of nuclear deterrence
A British deterrent has served us well for sixty years, and can serve us well for another sixty
- 3 October 2012
50 shades of black
Who is the most evil - Vasili Blokhin, Stalin, or Eric Hobsbawm?
- 3 October 2012
The life and death of Eric Hobsbawm
Hobsbawm was the Marxist version of David Irving. Why is his death any more worthy of mourning?
- 2 October 2012
Blood, gas, and the big picture
President Vladimir Putin wants the world to know that Russia is back. He wants the world to recognize that Russia is a global power that is to be treated with respect. Most of all, he wants a victory
- 27 September 2012
Pussy Riot: Declining freedom
How to make any sense of the Pussy Riot phenomenon, and what it tells us about Russia or indeed ourselves?
- 28 August 2012
Recalling the lesson of Jackson-Vanik
As Obama and Congress seek to replace the Jackson-Vanik law, we should appreciate the legacy it leaves and seek to apply it to human rights challenges that lie ahead
- 19 July 2012
The left’s Orwellian censorship campaign
It's little wonder that today's progressives reject Evelyn Beatrice Hall's noble paraphrasing of Voltaire - the success of the left-wing socio-political agenda relies upon deliberate suppression
- 2 April 2012
George Galloway - we've all heard the name, but do you know what he stands for?
George Galloway returns for another stint at the taxpayers' expense. Raheem Kassam takes a moment to mention why he thinks Bradford West made a terrible mistake in electing him.
- 30 March 2012
Noam Chomsky’s half-truths and distortions are still loved by the British Left
The Guardian has given one of its great heroes a platform to spout forth on the decline of American power and the manifold sins of its past, but it’s all subterfuge
- 17 February 2012
'Containment' will not protect the world from the dangers of a nuclear Iran
'Containing' Iran cannot work. In fact, for the sake of accuracy, it is tempting to strike the word ‘containment,’ and call this the Armageddon option. How will the West contain that?
- 27 January 2012
The Eurasianist answer to Russia’s discontents
Western politicians will have to be creative in gauging policies of principled engagement against the coming manifestations of the Kremlin’s Eurasianism
- 19 January 2012
Putin's new Russia: will changes come?
Changes (adjustments, to be more precise) will most probably come. But one would be unwise to await tectonic shifts in Russia’s current policies – both domestic and foreign
- 28 November 2011
Who are the Haqqanis?
After a decade of worrying about the Taliban and the threat they pose to stability in Afghanistan, we are now told, by senior US military planners, that the Haqqani network is the most resilient and hostile militant group active in the region. But who are they?
- 12 October 2011
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