Published by The i paper (8th May, 2025) Six years ago, Mike Pompeo was serving as secretary of state in Donald Trump’s first administration when he was woken […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Another piece of theatre from Trump
Published by The i paper (28th April, 2025) Certainly the picture was historic: two presidents, seated in simple chairs amid the magnificence of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
These attacks on Kyiv are proof Putin is emboldened by US appeasement
Published by The Daily Mail (25th April, 2025) It is 11 years since I watched Russian troops stripped of military insignia seize Ukrainian army bases in Crimea, while […]
Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
The darkness behind White House horror show
Published by The i paper (2nd March, 2025) One of Donald Trump’s first actions upon his restoration was to put a bronze bust of Sir Winston Churchill back on […]
Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
Ukraine is the defining issue of our age
Published by The i paper (24th February, 2025) Three years ago, I woke to the thunderous dawn sounds of missiles striking Kyiv. I found my colleague Kate on […]
Germany / Russia / Ukraine / United States
We are living in Orwellian times
Published by The i paper (17th February, 2025) When scores of cars parked in German streets from Berlin to Bavaria began being sabotaged with expanding construction foam sprayed […]
United States / World
The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2024) When Joe Biden took office as president of the United States, he insisted he was driven to run for the […]
Feature / Russia / Ukraine
Escape from Putin’s child-snatchers
Published by The Daily Mail (5th December, 2024)
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
We must wake up to Russia’s threat
Published by The i paper (21st October, 2024) The image is one for the history books: four ageing white men, sitting stiffly in their suits beneath a Picasso […]
Arts / Books / United States / World
What do we mean when we talk about freedom?
Published by The Spectator (12th October, 2024) On Freedom by Timothy Snyder (Bodley Head) When the Yale historian and bestselling author Timothy Snyder was 14, his parents took […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Why do we keep falling for Putin’s hollow threats?
Published by The i paper (September 16th, 2024) Vladimir Putin is a dismal leader of his country, overseeing a catastrophic military misadventure after crushing his people’s freedoms and […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The Kursk offensive shreds Putin’s delusion
Published by The i paper (19th August, 2024) In September 2021, as Russian military forces built up on Ukraine’s border before their full-scale invasion, Vladimir Putin spoke to […]