Foreign Policy

In his first keynote speech on foreign policy the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has laid down some important markers. The Foreign Secretary talks about delivering ‘a distinctive British Foreign Policy that extends our global reach and influence, that is agile and energetic in a networked world’. In contrast to the last Labour Foreign Secretary, David […]

I have written a piece for Con Home today on the ‘Special Relationship’ between Britain and the US. You can read it here.

Shocked, I sat sweltering in a classroom at Birzeit University. I was out on the West Bank, in the summer of 1998, studying the Arab-Israeli conflict and working for a Palestinian negotiator from the Oslo peace process. A Palestinian lecturer was asking students provocative questions about the conflict. He paused, and asked the Palestinians present: […]

Earlier this month, I was invited by Press TV to debate Dr Rosemary Hollis’s new book, Britain and the Middle East in the 9/11 Era, on Epilogue, a show hosted by Ken Livingstone. Press TV broadcasts legally in Britain. It is not banned, but it is (I understand) funded by the Iranian government. So I […]

Earlier this week, Gordon Brown felt the discomfort of having to reject a US offer to help mediate the latest spat between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. At one level, we can easily ignore the irresponsible - and cheap - populism of Argentine President, Cristina Fernandez, who is using the issue of oil […]