Why Putin backs this vile tyrant
Published in the Daily Mail (February 6th, 2012) With each day, the Syrian tragedy grows deeper. Over the past weekend... Read Full Article
Haiti and the shaming of the aid zealots
Published in the Daily Mail (January 27th, 2011) The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly... Read Full Article
Resist pessimism – keep faith with the Arab Spring
Published in the London Evening Standard (January 3rd, 2012) Just under a year ago, I travelled around Libya posing as... Read Full Article
Oddly, Texas can teach the UK a thing or two on criminal justice
Published in The Guardian (November 21st, 2011) Hang ’em high Texas is not the first place you might look for... Read Full Article
The two faces of Britain’s foreign policy
Published in The Guardian (September 14th, 2011) The air in Tripoli is heady with optimism. After 42 years of repressive... Read Full Article
The day that shook the world
Published in The Observer (September 11th, 2011) The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan (Doubleday); The 9/11 Wars... Read Full Article
The other Barack: Bigamist, drunk and wife-beater
Published in the Daily Mail (August 12th, 2011) The Other Barack by Sally H. Jacobs (Public Affairs) Shortly after being... Read Full Article
It’s a fiasco, says our man in Kabul
Published in the Daily Mail (July 1st, 2011) Cables from Kabul: The Inside story of the West’s Afghanistan campaign by... Read Full Article
The troubling aftermath of Bin Laden’s killing
Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 8th, 2011) It was a scene familiar from coffee bars around the world.... Read Full Article
Slaughter of the olive branch martyrs
Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 1st, 2011) The story of the Syrian uprising is being told in short... Read Full Article