The ghost of Ayn Rand lives on in the Conservatives’ Covid-19 policy
Sajid Javid’s remark on “cowering” before Covid-19 was no accident – he believes in the survival of the fittest.
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Why Joe Biden’s presidency is faltering
The euphoria surrounding the president’s first 100 days is gone – Americans now want to see Biden deliver on his…
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Editor’s note: The cost of war in Afghanistan, remembering the New Cross fire, and Orwell visits Essex
Twenty years after the US invaded Afghanistan, the Taliban seems stronger than it has ever been and its leaders are emboldened.…
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The West isn’t dying – its ideas live on in China
What the Western world confronts is not the threatening advance of alien civilisations, but its own dark shadows moving through…
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China in 1983: a miracle waiting to happen?
In its first report on China under Communism, the World Bank presciently recognised the potential for “a tremendous increase in…
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Is Belarus using migrants to wage “hybrid warfare” on the EU?
A spike in migration to Lithuania illustrates the dangers posed to Europe by Alexander Lukashenko’s rogue regime.
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How the EU has overtaken the US on Covid-19 vaccines
More than 57 per cent of EU residents have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
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How Israel’s new vaccine sanctions could boost support for Covid-19 passports
Faced with a Delta variant surge, prime minister Naftali Bennett is taking a tough line on vaccine sceptics.
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