21 Feb 2020 - 12:15am

How Kazakhstan’s multicultural dream turned sour Ethnic tension is flaring up in a nation that paints itself as a haven of stability in a volatile region

Joanna Lillis

31.01

Will no one resist the new totalitarianism? Some of Alastair Stewart’s friends will fight for him — but too many of us will let him simply disappear

Douglas Murray

27.12

2019: the year the West wised up to China Xi Jinping is not leading the nation on a path of slow evolution towards liberal democracy

John Gray

04.12

How Global English became a source of division The international language increasingly divides the Somewheres and Anywheres of the world

Ben Sixsmith

20.09

Have we forgotten Syria? This intimate account of life during the war serves as a reminder that the appalling conflict continues to corrode nations and destroy lives

Ian Birrell

05.09

What if Corbyn ditched Nato? It wouldn't be long before Russian fishing vessels stormed Gotland...

James Kirkup

20.08

Why Trump’s Greenland bid is good business

Mary Dejevsky

28.06

The liberals are falling into Putin’s trap The Russian president has put a crowbar in the cracks of western democracy

Peter Franklin

20.05

The dangerous influence of expats Diaspora groups are often out of touch with the mood back home

Mary Dejevsky

20.01

Ukraine’s dangerous schism

Daniel Metcalfe

21.12

It’s no crime to come late to Dostoyevsky

Douglas Murray

07.12

Will the West ever understand Ukraine? A nation's stories are powerful motivators of people and politics

Rodric Braithwaite