“Stab in the back”: How the new Aukus pact sparked French outrage
The new security agreement between the US, UK and Australia has been interpreted in Paris as yet another example of…
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What does the new Aukus alliance mean for global relations?
The new pact between the UK, US and Australia could lead to nothing less than a merger of military, industrial…
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How China’s defence spending has surged
The launch of the new pact between the US, the UK and Australia follows a 27 per cent increase in…
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John Simpson’s Diary: crossing the Khyber Pass, why the Taliban is a problem for Imran Khan, and my biblical comeback
The Taliban’s leaders want to show the group has modernised – but it will be the same as it ever…
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Why Russia’s tightly controlled elections still matter
Russia is constitutionally a democracy, even if in practice it functions as an increasingly repressive autocracy.
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How the war on terror led to the forever wars
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, the West is confused and in retreat
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How the true cost of the war on terror was paid in civilian deaths
Two out of every five people killed in foreign US military interventions since 9/11 have been non-combatants.
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Lithium will be as era-defining as oil, and China is dominating its supply
Lithium batteries are fundamental to 21st-century industrial economies. The geopolitical effects are already being felt, and the West is playing…
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