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Has an English Civil War Already Begun?
This historian thinks so.
December 3, 2025
Dominic Green
The Bible Is on Trial in Europe
A Finnish parliamentarian quoted the word of God in a social media post. Then she was charged under her country’s Crimes Against Humanity law.
December 3, 2025
Kara Kennedy
Peace Through Profit: The Problem with Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine Strategy
The president’s dealmaker thinks business can fix any foreign-policy crisis. Putin’s cronies think differently.
December 3, 2025
Eli Lake
Niall Ferguson: The Beginning of the End of the Ukraine-Russia War
Trump’s latest peacemaking initiative has a better chance of success than the skeptics realize. Both Ukraine and Russia now need a respite from war.
November 26, 2025
Niall Ferguson
What Ukrainians Think About Trump’s Peace Plan
Volodymyr Zelensky has been hurt by a corruption scandal. But I spoke to Ukrainians who have rallied around his defiance toward the U.S.-Russia…
November 24, 2025
Aidan G. Stretch
Why Did Apple Remove China’s Gay Dating Apps?
Patrick McGee, author of ‘Apple in China,’ on how the company’s quiet removal of two major gay dating apps shows how deeply the company is entangled in…
November 18, 2025
River Page
Why Can’t the West Understand Africa?
A growing strain of liberal commentary insists Africa’s biggest threats are budget cuts in Washington—while jihadist groups and failing states continue…
November 14, 2025
Ebenezer Obadare
Defund the BBC
The leadership of the UK’s public broadcaster has resigned amid a crisis of trust. That is not enough.
November 10, 2025
Melanie Phillips
Trump’s Statement on Nigeria Is Long Overdue
Years of euphemism have blurred the truth: Boko Haram’s war on Nigerian Christians is not about poverty or climate change—it’s about religious conquest.
November 5, 2025
Ebenezer Obadare
How King Charles Ended Prince Andrew
The palace’s long, humiliating dance around Andrew and the Epstein scandal is finally over.
November 3, 2025
Tina Brown
Why Chinese Car Investments Are a National-Security Risk
If the U.S. wants to win the competition for technology and security, it must distinguish between productive investment and Trojan horses.
October 30, 2025
David Feith
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Chris McGuire
How Japan’s Iron Lady Wooed Trump
Sanae Takaichi is copying the Thatcher playbook: Align early with Washington’s conservative leader and use the partnership to stare down Beijing.
October 29, 2025
Philip Patrick
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