Andy Owen
28 October 2023
Gaza and Israel – what happens if it escalates?
Unless political leaders can break the cycle of pain and rage, then we could all feel the consequences
Read the full article08 October 2023
Bloodshed and retribution will widen ancient divides in the Middle East
As Israel contemplates another intelligence failure, the world looks nervously at what comes next
Read the full article04 October 2023
Yom Kippur: 18 days that shook the world
The 1973 Arab-Israeli war divided Europe and the US, nearly led to a third world war and permanently scarred the Israeli psyche
Read the full article24 September 2023
Czechia and the fight for survival
The Czechs, who have always regarded themselves as part of “the west” know the dangers of appeasement better than any other nation. They will not back down on Putin
Read the full article16 September 2023
The government played right into Vladimir Putin's hands
What’s bad for the west is good for the Kremlin – and the fringe elements in the current government proved this
Read the full article30 August 2023
Kursk: The battle that changed everything
The 1943 Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history and left a landscape of apocalyptic destruction. It still holds lessons for the war in Ukraine
Read the full article20 August 2023
Why Russia spies on Britain
Recent arrests may show that even as the invasion of Ukraine falters, Russia keeps sending its agents to the UK
Read the full article27 June 2023
The Russian coup attempt shows that China invading Taiwan would be a huge risk
Has Beijing learned the lessons of Putin’s failed invasion of Ukraine, and Prigozhin’s failed revolution?
Read the full article24 June 2023
Is this the beginning of Putin's end?
A military confrontation between Wagner and the Russian army is a real possibility. We should be careful what we wish for
Read the full article27 May 2023
The world's two-faced leaders
Authoritarian rulers have often used body doubles – what are they trying to hide?
Read the full article06 May 2023
Russia’s IT squad
Vladimir Putin’s next offensive in Ukraine will have a lethal digital component as cyberwar escalates across the world
Read the full article10 March 2023
The lessons from Iraq
If we do not learn the lessons of the Iraq war, we are doomed to further conflict and chaos
Read the full article23 December 2022
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the hot-dog salesman turned oligarch presumed dead
He used to organise Vladimir Putin’s meals. How did he become such a threat to Russia's dictator?
Read the full article10 November 2022
Remembrance revisited
Britain will stop on Sunday to honour its war dead. But in a new era, what should we remember, and how should we do it?
Read the full article24 August 2022
As Ukraine marks its independence, Russia’s war now haunts the streets of Moscow
Putin blames Zelensky for the fatal car bomb that killed an ally’s daughter. Whatever the truth, the Kremlin’s dictator should be worried
Read the full article11 August 2022
Our forever war on terror
Al-Qaida’s leader is dead but terrorism is very much alive.. and the next wave of it to strike Britain may come from the extreme right
Read the full article14 July 2022
Did Britain break the world?
There is a link between UK foreign policy and recent global traumas. So what is our place in the world, and what kind of country do we want to be?
Read the full article09 June 2022
The bitter taste of British cake mix policymaking
Pioneered by a US baking brand, focus groups are used by the likes of Rishi Sunak to make decisions at the expense of expert-led strategy
Read the full article03 June 2022
Boris Johnson’s hollow crown
The prime minister is the Richard II of modern politics - and he must learn the bitter lessons of the 14th-century monarch
Read the full article05 April 2022
What if Putin decides to fight even dirtier?
The possibility of a cornered president lashing out cannot be discounted. If it happens, how should the West respond?
Read the full article25 February 2022
The lessons of Ukraine: Now the West must accept that war will always be with us
A former military intelligence officer argues that Putin’s ambitions will not end here - and that we must recalibrate how we respond to agents of chaos
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