When I was in Israel in May this year, I was fortunate to experience a traditional dinner in the home… ...

When I was in Israel in May this year, I was fortunate to experience a traditional dinner in the home of a Druze family and ...

A fundamental transformation in the structure of power – especially in a country like Iran with a turbulent political history ...

The Prime Minister and his harem of advisors, bureaucrats, and industry hangers-on have returned after a six-day tour in China. At the moment it’s a toss-up between being worried taxpayer dollars ...

On the wall of a dive bar in Washington, DC, hung a poster for Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger. The bar had… ...

How do we mend the UK’s broken economy? Fixing UK PLC has outwitted our political leaders, but that’s not surprising.… ...

Yesterday the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited London for the first time since he took office in May. He and the ...

It’s still lunchtime in Taipei but the streets are strangely quiet. A few people are running with their bags, despite the ...

Scotland went to the polls to decide its future in the United Kingdom. While the outcome was decisive – 55 per cent of voters ...

Heard the joke about the Englishmen, Irishmen and Scotsmen? They have all been selected for the British and Irish Lions squad ...

A Western financial analyst based in Shanghai once described China’s economic statistics to me as ‘one of greatest works of ...

When the lead singer of Bob Vylan’s name was revealed, it caused a fair amount of amusement. This anti-establishment musician ...