International Relations
November 09, 2012 Those who support European integration should support British separation from Europe - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
April 24, 2012 Europe's Northern Flank: Brendan Simms ponders Norway's security dilemmas Brendan Simms
December 16, 2011 French Opportunism and European Opportunities: Brendan Simms argues that Britain must encourage the rest of Europe to establish a complete political union - and build a new global architecture Brendan Simms
December 09, 2011 We are not entering a Pacific Century, merely a Pacific Phase - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
November 07, 2011 If the Euro is to be saved there must be a simultaneous referendum in every country of the Eurozone - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
September 19, 2011 HMS Dauntless - the new dreadnought: For it to be effective Britain's auxiliary fleet must be overhauled, argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
September 14, 2011 Theodore Dalrymple explains why political apologies for the past actions of others have become so flourishing a genre - it is precisely because they are so meaningless and useless Theodore Dalrymple
September 09, 2011 Democracy can be dropped from 10,000 feet - says Cambridge history Professor Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
August 17, 2011 Libya: mission (being) accomplished - Brendan Simms looks forward to the fall of Gaddafi Brendan Simms
March 31, 2011 To Libya via Paris - Jeremy Black reflects on tyrants, no-fly zones, British vivas and French defences Jeremy Black
November 22, 2010 The UN Human Rights Council: its only saving grace is that it is ineffective, argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
June 04, 2010 The Gaza Flotilla incident has exposed the Israeli armed forces to something even more deadly than hatred: ridicule, argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
June 02, 2010 The Coalition: Brendan Simms fear that - in terms of foreign policy - we may end up with Nick Clegg's brains and David Cameron's looks Brendan Simms
April 19, 2010 In the case against former Bosnian Vice-President Ejup Ganic, war crimes legislation is being used by perpetrators of genocide to prosecute a victim of genocide - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
March 04, 2010 Appeasement, Croatia and the Left: Brendan Simms remembers an encounter with Michael Foot Brendan Simms
March 04, 2010 Let us start by sacking all the international lawyers - Brendan Simms on the Iraq Inquiry Brendan Simms
November 27, 2009 A Europhile becomes disillusioned: Brendan Simms on why Mr Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton are not up to meeting the threats facing the West Brendan Simms
November 11, 2009 No he won't - Brendan Simms on how Barack Obama has reneged on his election promises Brendan Simms
October 26, 2009 Devolution and National Security: Brendan Simms considers the constitutional implications of the Megrahi case Brendan Simms
February 27, 2009 Brendan Simms on the geopolitical consequences of the slump - Or why we will soon know if the EU has a future Brendan Simms
February 25, 2009 The Future of Warfare - Richard D. North debates Jeremy Black: War Since 1990 -Jeremy Black Richard D. North
January 30, 2009 Gaza Aid, the BBC, and Early Day Motions: William D. Rubinstein analyses British attitudes to Israel, post-Gaza William D. Rubinstein
January 20, 2009 How is it possible to support Israel (over Gaza)? Brendan Simms explains why he remains a staunch defender of Israel and its actions in Gaza Brendan Simms
January 13, 2009 The Gaza conflict shows us how much of the British left has entered into the most unholy alliance since the Nazi-Soviet pact, argues William D. Rubinstein William D. Rubinstein
November 11, 2008 The American Election and the Obama "landslide": William D. Rubinstein asks, landslide - what landslide? William D. Rubinstein
November 04, 2008 Barack Obama may well be a very good choice, and if he wins we'll learn the folly of Messiah Politics - argues Richard D. North Richard D. North
September 19, 2008 John McCain's wing(wo)man and "she will do": Brendan Simms on why Sarah Palin is John McCain's secret foreign policy weapon Brendan Simms
August 26, 2008 Georgia - Russia is more vulnerable than many think, argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
March 19, 2008 The Long Good Friday: Brendan Simms reassesses the United States' role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process Brendan Simms
February 28, 2008 Obama's nemesis: Brendan Simms explains how The Deer Hunter and Hannah and Her Sisters hold the key to the US elections Brendan Simms
February 27, 2008 News from the Russian Front: Lincoln Allison offers a Utilitarian Tory perspective on contemporary Russia - and finds himself surprisingly optimistic about the country's future Lincoln Allison
February 20, 2008 Brendan Simms on how McCain can beat Obama: reaching out to "McCain Democrats" and ignoring the conservative base Brendan Simms
February 04, 2008 The McCain Insurgency: John McCain will win on Super-Tuesday and will be the next President of the United States, argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
January 31, 2008 Tree-Huggers and Hawks Unite: Brendan Simms explains how we can simultaneously fight terrorism and save the planet Brendan Simms
January 22, 2008 John McCain: next leader of the free world? Brendan Simms argues that John McCain will be the next President of the United States - because he is the toughest nut in town Brendan Simms
October 03, 2007 Petraeus and the Iraqi Surge: Brendan Simms asks, is Petraeus a Montgomery or a Manstein? Brendan Simms
September 04, 2007 If the Democrat Presidential candidates are to act as serious politicians, they must support the Iraq surge - argues John Bew John Bew
August 22, 2007 Martin Samuel is wrong to say that John Reid should be sent to Helmand - Brendan Simms explains why it is nonsense to argue that politicians who support military action should be sent to the front-line themselves Brendan Simms
May 15, 2007 We urgently need a Democratic Nixon Doctrine, argues Brendan Simms - as a first step we must form a "Democratic League" of the United States, India and the democracies of the European Union Brendan Simms
August 24, 2006 Hezbollah have suffered a setback (but are too clever to admit it) and the Israelis have scored a long-term success (but are too narrow-minded to realise it) - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
June 28, 2006 The amnesty plan for Iraqi insurgents is a victory for the coalition, not a concession - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
March 28, 2006 "The Israel Lobby": Why John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt are wrong about United States Middle East policy and its motivations - Brendan Simms offers a "realist" response to their LRB article Brendan Simms
March 16, 2006 Slobodan Milosevic, International Justice and the United States: For all its opposition to an International Criminal Court, the United States is the only guarantor of International Justice - Brendan Simms explains why Brendan Simms
January 25, 2006 David Cameron's foreign policy: three steps forward, two steps backward - Brendan Simms asks, Is David Cameron returning to the discredited positions of the Major years? Brendan Simms
January 17, 2006 Israel must bomb Iran in the next two months - argues Douglas Murray, author of Neoconservatism: Why We Need It Douglas Murray
December 20, 2005 David Cameron supports a neoconservative foreign policy - argues Brendan Simms Brendan Simms
December 07, 2005 Towards a New Geopolitics for the Balkans - Brendan Simms, author of Unfinest Hour, proposes a way forward Brendan Simms
July 07, 2005 An Alternative Strategy for Iraq: let the forces of Iraqi Democracy combat the insurgency Brendan Simms
July 04, 2005 A Tale of Two Documents: the EU Constitution vs. the US Constitution Joyce Lee Malcolm
June 07, 2005 The Case for a European Superpower under British Leadership: why Britain now has the opportunity to become the Prussia of European unification with Blair as its Bismarck Brendan Simms
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