Iran hit pause, we need it to rewind
Iran is not our friend, however smiley and polished their foreign minister is, and this deal has not solved any of the problems over Iran’s nuclear programme, much less over its regional agenda.
Brexit & Foreign Policy
Bachelet’s victory is a boon for Miliband
Chile’s current veering to the left will undoubtedly be seen as encouraging for a Labour Party seeking to steer a similar course.
Don’t want to cut the army, then cut Trident
The cuts to the number of army personnel are being blamed on austerity. They might just as well be blamed on the outdated Cold War thinking of our leaders.
The British ‘anti-war’ movement’s hypocrisy over Syria
Through their (in)direct support of Assad, the Stop the War Coalition blindly ignore Russia’s own imperialistic goals in the region and prove themselves anything but anti-war.
China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Russia elected to top UN human rights body
China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia have won three-year seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Obama is charting a new course in the Middle East. Can he succeed?
When it comes to its new goals for the Middle East, is the US still overestimating what it can achieve?
Why a bad deal on Iran is a nightmare scenario
Israel’s worst fear is the P5+1 signing a deal that leaves Iran closer than it can live with to a nuclear bomb.
West Papua – the forgotten occupation
The Indonesian government has taken several highly controversial measures to quash autonomist sentiments.
If David Cameron values human rights he will pull out of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting
What Cameron’s decision appears to communicate is that accountability for mass murde isn’t that important to his government.
Can the British left learn anything from the German SPD?
Although Germany is unlikely to slide into the ‘red column’ of Europe on Sunday night, there are still reasons for this election to be of more than passing interest to the British left.