nuclear weapons Articles

I am often asked whether I miss being an member of parliament. The answer is no, except when issues of defence and foreign policy are being debated, when I often end up shouting at the radio, and sometimes on it. Any minister or shadow minister will tell you that one...

Every so often we are abruptly reminded of how fragile the security that we take for granted, both economic and physical, really is. How our world can be shaken or undermined by events beyond our control. From the real and ever present threat of global terrorism, most...

Last time I wrote an article on defence it started 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. This may sound like a statement of the obvious until you consider how low a priority defence has become in British politics. Ipsos MORI’s Issue Index tracks...

The 24 November deadline for reaching a comprehensive and unified deal that limits Iran’s nuclear programme is now less than a week away. Scepticism about Iran’s motives and intentions for these negotiations is hardly surprising given its links to terrorist...