Politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman
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Is Andy Burnham overrated? Why are the Tories so relaxed about their dire election results? Do the BBC give Farage an easy ride?
Answering lots of your questions
Thanks to readers, as always, for so many excellent questions.
Putin and the Cliff-Edge Fallacy
Over the past few weeks there has been a definite shift in the narrative surrounding the Russo-Ukraine War.
Over the past few weeks there has been a definite shift in the narrative surrounding the Russo-Ukraine War. This is the result of p...
Why do prime ministers keep failing?
So here we are again in another protracted leadership contest.
So here we are again in another protracted leadership contest. The most likely outcome is that Andy Burnham becomes prime minister at some point over the summer. He’s the clear...
Ask us anything
There’ll be a post soon on the latest ructions in British politics (as I said last week things can spiral after a bad defeat, even if it’s expected). But while we wait for Labour MPs to figure out what they want, please send us your questio...
Who will blink first? *Updated*
This was initially posted on 7 May when the Iranian response to the latest American proposal was unknown.
This was initially posted on 7 May when the Iranian response to the latest American proposal was unknown. We now know that the Irania...
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Writes about politics and policy here as well as for Prospect, New Statesman, TES, Guardian, FT + others. Also Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and, according to The Sun, a "think-tank guru", which sounds great.
Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London.
Editor of London Centric. Previously: Media Editor at the Guardian and Political Editor at BuzzFeed.
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