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Iraq Articles

A more progressive world

The new Labour government in 1997 was immediately internationalist in its approach, recalls Mike Gapes The 1997 government hit the ground running – on aid, ethics, Ireland and Europe – and brought a new dynamism to Britain’s relationship with the rest of the world....

‘A concentration camp above ground, a mass grave beneath’

Iraq remains a four-letter word in British politics that just keeps giving. Owen Jones' recent effusive encomium in the Guardian to Jeremy Corbyn and his pledge to apologise for what Jones calls 'the greatest western foreign policy catastrophe of our time' also lists...

French lessons

What we can learn from France’s foreign policy —Just over a decade ago French Fries were renamed ‘Freedom Fries’ in cafeterias on Capitol Hill. French president Jacques Chirac had led United Nations opposition to the 2003 American-led war in Iraq and the Bush...

Failing to show leadership at home or abroad

How very ‘George Osborne’ prime minister’s questions was today. He was not bullying and hectoring, but he showed slight misjudgement and displayed a lot of tactical manoeuvres. George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer, was standing in for David Cameron today who...