Andy Owen
10 March 2023
The lessons from Iraq
If we do not learn the lessons of the Iraq war, we are doomed to further conflict and chaos
Read the full article23 December 2022
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the hot-dog salesman turned oligarch presumed dead
He used to organise Vladimir Putin’s meals. How did he become such a threat to Russia's dictator?
Read the full article10 November 2022
Remembrance revisited
Britain will stop on Sunday to honour its war dead. But in a new era, what should we remember, and how should we do it?
Read the full article24 August 2022
As Ukraine marks its independence, Russia’s war now haunts the streets of Moscow
Putin blames Zelensky for the fatal car bomb that killed an ally’s daughter. Whatever the truth, the Kremlin’s dictator should be worried
Read the full article11 August 2022
Our forever war on terror
Al-Qaida’s leader is dead but terrorism is very much alive.. and the next wave of it to strike Britain may come from the extreme right
Read the full article14 July 2022
Did Britain break the world?
There is a link between UK foreign policy and recent global traumas. So what is our place in the world, and what kind of country do we want to be?
Read the full article09 June 2022
The bitter taste of British cake mix policymaking
Pioneered by a US baking brand, focus groups are used by the likes of Rishi Sunak to make decisions at the expense of expert-led strategy
Read the full article03 June 2022
Boris Johnson’s hollow crown
The prime minister is the Richard II of modern politics - and he must learn the bitter lessons of the 14th-century monarch
Read the full article05 April 2022
What if Putin decides to fight even dirtier?
The possibility of a cornered president lashing out cannot be discounted. If it happens, how should the West respond?
Read the full article25 February 2022
The lessons of Ukraine: Now the West must accept that war will always be with us
A former military intelligence officer argues that Putin’s ambitions will not end here - and that we must recalibrate how we respond to agents of chaos
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