Will Clegg fight against a Fresh Start on the EU?
Alex Hern reports on the Fresh Start group’s upcoming white paper, and asks what the Liberal Democrat reaction to it will be.
Brexit & Foreign Policy
Israel-Palestine in 2012
Seph Brown looks at what 2012 holds for the Middle East peace process.
Barack Obama’s 2012
Tom Rouse looks at what 2012 holds for Barack Obama: Foreign policy strife, and fights at home to save the economy.
Who is the Democrats’ Republican candidate?
Alex Hern looks at who the ideal Republican candidate would be for the Democratic party in the US Presidential election race.
Santorum: The candidate the right loves because he hates gay people
Rick Santorum thinks that there’s no difference between homosexuality and incest. Lovely.
After Iowa: Bloodied Romney on course for nomination as Obama smiles
Mitt Romney emerged bloodied with an Iowa caucus win of just eight votes over Rick Santorum this morning – the tightest finish in the party’s history.
Iowa 2012: Meet the candidates
Our guide to the Iowa caucus – this is the choice facing the Republican primary voters: The flip-flopper, the hypocrite, the eccentric or the incoherent Texan.
Now we know: Thatcher shut down debate on Trident. Will the coalition follow course?
Kate Hudson of CND reveals what 1981’s cabinet papers show about Mrs Thatcher’s determination to secure Trident over the objections of her own party.
2011 will go down in history – but what does 2012 have in store?
After an incredible 2011 internationally, Luke Bozier looks ahead to the key figures and events that will shape the world in 2012.
Syria: When will the West act?
With each passing day, at the dawn of 2012, the future for Syria looks ever bleaker, with President Bashar al-Assad becoming ever more brutal, writes Shamik Das.