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Empire: forgive and forget?

The word empire has been in the news recently, and with good reason. With an election underway in the US which will (once again) determine how America projects itself in the world, the widespread reaction to a single film has placed those men and women who embody...

Scoring Cameron’s foreign policy

The agreement over the weekend in Geneva signals the first steps to a coherent policy from the international community towards the Assad regime. Syria is one example of the new challenges facing the UK foreign policy following two years of rapid economic and political...

Nato’s last war?

Nato leaders gathered in Chicago this week to discuss the alliance’s mission in Afghanistan and announced summer 2013 as the handover date to Afghan troops. But the alliance also met to discuss its own future amid savage defence cuts among almost all of its members....

The Syrian test of intervention

As a fragile ceasefire begins in Syria, the UN is beginning its task of monitoring the violence and reporting back what we already know: that Assad is convinced his way to hang on to power is to kill his own people in their thousands. The international community has...

It’s the exit, stupid

Mar 26, 2012 | Progressive Internationalism

As the decade-long mission in Afghanistan comes to an end, now might be the time to start asking what the lessons are...

Should Labour support a second Falklands?

Feb 20, 2012 | Progressive Internationalism

First off, I’d like to pay tribute to the well-argued and thoughtful views that Alex Bigham has set out in this column...

The dream of nationhood

Oct 11, 2011 | Progressive Internationalism

Everywhere the nation-state is in flux. From global businesses that have more spending power than many countries, to...

A memo to the shadow foreign secretary

Oct 28, 2010 | Progressive Internationalism

1. Know the detail. The world of foreign policy tends to be dominated by men, bores and pomposity (I've been guilty on...

Lib-Con foreign policy?

Jul 20, 2010 | Progressive Internationalism

During the heat of an election campaign, foreign policy is rarely seen as a decisive issue. With the domestic and...

Australia gets a new Leader, and its first woman PM

Jun 25, 2010 | Progressive Internationalism

Just one year ago Kevin Rudd equalled former Labor PM, Bob Hawke, as the most popular Australian leaders since the...

Iraq and the politics of normal

Mar 23, 2010 | Progressive Internationalism

Seven years ago this week, armoured columns of coalition forces stormed across the border with Kuwait, routing the...

Is the Foreign Office still a great office of state?

Feb 22, 2010 | Progressive Internationalism

Michael Cockerell's documentary series on the great offices of state examined the history of the Foreign Office in its...

Attacking the hydra heads of terrorism

Jan 21, 2010 | Progressive Internationalism

In the world of media management, Baroness Kinnock's timing couldn't have been less fortunate. To admit, just two...

Measured mediation

Nov 6, 2009 | Progressive Internationalism

It might seem a little premature to judge President Obama as an international statesman just 9 months after his...

It’s understandable that the prime minister was on the back foot on Friday, but we need a better strategy for Afghanistan

Sep 7, 2009 | Progressive Internationalism

I write this having just listened to the prime minister talk about Britain’s strategy for Afghanistan. There...

Iran will eventually mature into a fully fledged political culture, but it may not be soon

Jul 22, 2009 | Progressive Internationalism

Christopher Hitchens at a speech in the Commonwealth Club in California recently observed that the underlining...

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